Slovak PM opposes Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles inside Russia: report

BRATISLAVA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday voiced opposition to Ukraine’s use of U.S. long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) reported.
In a major shift of his administration’s policy on the Ukraine crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized Kiev to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, U.S. media reported Sunday.
The greenlight would allow the Ukrainian troop’s first use of Western-made ATACMS missiles, reported U.S. media outlets including The Associated Press, The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing two anonymous U.S. officials.
Fico has instructed the country’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak not to support the move, TASR reported.
“This is an unprecedented escalation of tensions,” the Government Office cited Fico as saying, according to the report. ■