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00:00President Volodymyr Zelensky could have said the exact same words.
00:05The Polish foreign minister pleaded on Thursday for NATO countries to allow Ukraine to fire missiles they have provided to Kiev into Russian territory.
00:15What used to be a red line for Ukraine's allies could soon get a green light.
00:20Rockets that hit civilian targets in Ukraine are being shot by the bombers from the territory of Russia.
00:29These bombers take off from the airports on Russian territory.
00:35The victim of the aggression has the right to protect himself.
00:39For President Vladimir Putin, though, if NATO allows Ukraine to fire missiles that its members produced into Russia,
00:48the NATO countries will be at war with Russia, with everything that entails.
00:54Putin says that in order to use sophisticated Western missiles, Ukraine will need Western soldiers.
01:01This will mean the direct participation of the NATO countries, the United States and European countries in the Ukraine war.
01:10It significantly changes the very essence, the very nature of the conflict.
01:16This risk of an escalation has led the U.S. to examine various options,
01:21which the U.K. Prime Minister has arrived to discuss with President Biden.
01:26The most likely one, according to U.S. and British media, is to maintain the ban on the use of U.S.-produced weapons against targets in Russia,
01:36but to authorize the use of long-range missiles made by its allies, the U.K. and France.