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The Kremlin has sharply criticized the position of outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia. The issue has been the cause of much debate between Ukraine and its Western allies for months. While Kiev has urged its partners, including the US and Britain, to lift restrictions on long-range weapons to enable it to attack targets on Russian soil, there are concerns that such a move would draw NATO into the war. So far, the US has only given Kiev permission to use its munitions to strike inside Russian territory if …

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