Zelenskyy says to win the war, US needs to lift limits on striking military targets inside Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embraced the support Thursday of allies who in the past two days have provided substantial new aid and a path to joining NATO, even as he emphatically pushed for the help to arrive faster and for restrictions to be lifted on the use of U.S. weapons to attack military targets inside Russia.

“If we want to win, if we want to prevail, if we want to save our country and to defend it, we need to lift all the limitations,” Zelenskyy said while appearing alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in the final hours of a summit that saw Ukraine receive fresh commitments of military aid to firm up its defense against Russia.

Earlier in the day, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for Ukraine, announcing a new military aid package and pledging to Zelenskyy: “We will stay with you, period.”

Though Zelenskyy offered public thanks for the package, and for a promise by NATO leaders that Ukraine is now on an “irreversible path” to membership, he also sounded an alarm: that Ukraine cannot win the war with Russia now in its third year, unless the U.S. lifts limits on the use of its weapons to attack military targets in Russia.

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