Step Towards WWIII? Justin Trudeau “Fully Supports” Ukraine Using “Long-Range Weaponry” Against Russia

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada “fully supports” Ukraine utilizing “long-range weaponry” against Russia.

“Canada and others are unequivocal that Ukraine must win this war against Russia,” Trudeau said.

“Canada fully supports Ukraine using long-range weaponry,” he added.

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JUST IN: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he fully supports Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.

“Ukraine must win this war against Russia.” pic.twitter.com/yxoWFC5Mv0

— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) September 13, 2024

“On Thursday, Putin warned that allowing Ukraine to use weapons NATO provided for long-range strikes would mean that NATO countries are at war with Russia,” National Post stated.

“This would mean that NATO countries, the U.S., and European nations are at war with Russia,” Putin said.

“We will take appropriate decisions, based on the threats that will be posed to us,” he added.

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Putin on the possibility of NATO and Ukraine using long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia:

“This would mean that NATO countries, the U.S., and European nations are at war with Russia.” pic.twitter.com/QTLgaDuzds

— Ben Swann (@BenSwann_) September 13, 2024

President Vladimir Putin: If this decision [to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with Western-made long-range precision weapons] is made, it will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia.https://t.co/eNn21GfcMG pic.twitter.com/0WzrgfMZu7

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) September 13, 2024

National Post reports:

Ukraine and many of its supporters want U.S. President Joe Biden to let Kyiv use the weapons to strike military targets deeper inside Russia.

Trudeau said Ukraine can use this capacity to stop Russia’s frequent strikes on hospitals and daycares across the country.

Putin’s remarks were in line with the narrative the Kremlin has promoted since early in the war, accusing NATO countries of de facto participation in the conflict and threatening a response.

His comments came five weeks after Ukrainian forces stormed the border and put parts of Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since the Second World War.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Joe Biden about potentially allowing Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia.

President Joe Biden meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside the Blue Room at the White House. pic.twitter.com/Hajkcnj0nA

— Tom Brenner (@tombrennerphoto) September 13, 2024

Per BBC:

To date, the US and UK have not given Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles against targets inside Russia, for fear of escalation.

However, Zelensky has repeatedly called on Kyiv’s Western allies to authorise such use, saying it is the only way to bring about an end to the war.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian cities and front lines have been under daily bombardment from Russia.

Many of the missiles and glide bombs that hit Ukraine’s military positions, blocks of flats, energy facilities and hospitals are launched by Russian aircraft deep inside Russia.

Kyiv says not being allowed to hit the bases from which these attacks are launched hinders its self-defence capability.

The UK previously said Ukraine had a “clear right” to use British-provided weapons for “self-defence” which “does not preclude operations inside Russia”, following Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion last month.

However, this excludes the use of long-range Storm Shadow missiles in territory outside Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders.

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The US provided long-range missiles to Ukraine earlier this year, but like Kyiv’s other Western allies these have not been authorised for use on targets deep inside Russia.

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