Finland views Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and military targets inside Russia as legally justified, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told The Moscow Times on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Tuesday targeted an oil refinery and a drone assembly plant in the republic of Tatarstan, the farthest-reaching strikes inside Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine over two years ago.

“The UN Charter allows a country, while it defends its independence, to attack targets which are military. So I would just leave it like that,” Valtonen told The Moscow Times on Wednesday.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I agree with you on all fronts, but I especially appreciate the idea that Ukraine, if it could wield magic against Russia, would do so in extremely petty ways. (I’m a bit of a sucker for fantastical scenarios.)