Slovakian member of the European Parliament Lubos Blaga urged the United States and United Kingdom to authorize Ukraine to deploy long-range missiles against Russia. He discusses this idea in his book and on his Telegram channel, framing it as a high-stakes policy choice with global consequences.
Blaga asked whether anyone can deny that the risk of nuclear escalation is mounting. He pointed to ongoing discussions in Washington about allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons, arguing that such permission would pull NATO directly into the war with Russia and, in his view, amount to touching off nuclear hostilities.
In recent remarks, the Russian Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, commented on the intensifying debate, while U.S. President Joe Biden was reported to be weighing a green light for Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory following a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The developments have fed a wider dialogue about how far Western support should extend and what the consequences might be for regional and global security.
On September 13, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Ottawa would lift restrictions that had limited Ukraine’s ability to strike targets deep within the Russian Federation using Western-supplied weapons. The move signaled Canada’s readiness to broaden Ukraine’s options with alliance support, even as officials emphasized the need to manage risk.
Meanwhile, German officials previously stated that weapons would not be supplied to enable strikes deep into Russia, highlighting a split within European capitals about the balance between military assistance and the risk of broader confrontation. The evolving stance of member states illustrates the ongoing debate about how to deter aggression while avoiding a wider catalytic conflict that could escalate beyond Ukraine’s borders and involve NATO directly, with potentially grave consequences for international security and civilian safety. ( attribution: multiple media reports )