The EU considers that Ukraine has a ‘legitimate right’ to attack targets in Russia

The European Commission has stated that Ukraine has the right to defend itself attacking targets in Russiaafter a raid on the Kursk border oblast.

“We believe that Ukraine is waging a legitimate defensive war against an illegal aggression,” Peter Stano, spokesman for the Commission, told the press.

“Within the framework of this legitimate right to defend itself, Ukraine has the right to strike the enemy wherever it considers necessary on its territory, as well as in the enemy’s territory“he added.

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers take part in cross-border raid into Russia that began Tuesday a Kurskoblast located about 500 kilometers southwest of Moscow.

Russian authorities have reported multiple civilian casualties. Among those affected, there are at least two dead and 24 injured.

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has described the attack, whose objective is believed to be a “large-scale provocation.” attract Russian reserves to the area in an attempt to weaken their offensive in Donetsk.

Other Russian officials have called it “terrorist act” and have attacked the “cynical silence” of the West.

Stano has assured, however, that the European Union’s position on the conflict has not changed “from February 2022.”

Thus, he pointed out that “it is about full support for Ukraine in its legitimate self-defense against aggression, and our support includes political, financial, humanitarian, diplomatic and military assistance. “Nothing is going to change in this.”

Brussels and the 27 EU member states have so far provided almost €108 billion in aid to Ukraine. Meanwhile, it has imposed on Russia 14 sanction packages for his large scale invasion of Ukrainian territory, in an attempt to reduce its income and its access to the materials and technologies it needs to carry out the war.