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The Czech government has reacted favourably to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s call for Ukraine to be allowed to use Western weapons to strike inside Russian territory. “As a country under attack, Ukraine certainly has every right to use all means of defence,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in Prague on Tuesday, describing the position as “simply logical.” Attacks on military targets in Russia by Ukraine are covered by international law as part of its defence, experts on the laws of war generally agree. But some Western countries that support Ukraine, like Germany, are reluctant. The…

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