NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their weapons

Published May 31, 2024 2:04 AM

By MATTHEW LEE and KAREL JANICEK
Associated Press

PRAGUE (AP) — NATO foreign ministers are meeting in the Czech capital to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one remove restrictions on how Kyiv can use western-supplied weaponry to combat Russia’s invasion. A day after U.S. President Joe Biden gave Ukraine the go-ahead to use American munitions to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, numerous ministers, including those from the Netherlands, Finland, Poland and Germany, expressed approval of the decision, saying that Ukraine has the absolute right to defend itself from attacks originating on Russian soil.

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