They [Ukraine] have only one wish, peace and prosperity for their people. That's not the case with Russia. Only Russia started this war.

Let's end discussion about red lines. Let's not delay what Ukrainians need to push Russia back. I'll never allow anyone from Russia decide what's right thing to do in NATO, Europe or Ukraine - Frederiksen.

White House and Defense Department officials say that they have not heard a convincing argument from Ukrainian leaders that the possible targets within missile range in Russia would make a significant difference in Ukraine’s path to victory.

But European military officials and diplomats emphatically disagreed that allowing the longer-range strikes into Russia would only have limited impact and condemned the policy of refusing to lift the restrictions on Western weapons.

“On the technical and strategic level, it doesn’t make sense. It’s actually stupid,” one Western military official said, adding that NATO’s own military doctrine calls for deep strikes behind enemy lines - Washington Post revealing deep rift within Western warmongers.