Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) could potentially use Danish-supplied weapons on Russian territory during an offensive in Kursk Oblast.
This stance is in line with an earlier joint statement by Denmark and Norway, and reflects similar views from German Finance Minister Christian Lindner. These statements by European politicians suggest that some NATO allies are increasingly accepting that Ukraine could potentially use Western-supplied weapons to launch attacks inside Russia’s borders.
Rasmussen said Denmark’s support for Ukraine remains unchanged. “Defending oneself may well mean entering the territory of the aggressor. If one does so by attacking the aggressor’s infrastructure or military facilities, then this is entirely within the rules of war,” the minister said.
He also made it clear that the use of Danish weapons on Russian soil also falls under these rules. “You cannot impose a restriction that weapons can only be used on Ukrainian territory,” explained Rasmussen.
This statement follows a joint statement by Denmark and Norway in May in which they expressed no objection to attacks on Russian territory with weapons they supply as part of their military aid to Ukraine.
In a related development, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner commented on the UAF’s Kursk operation and the deployment of Western weapons on Russian territory, saying that all German weapons had been handed over under the responsibility of Ukraine. “to defend oneself against an attacker and to exercise one’s right to self-defense.”
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