Zelenskyy Allows Troops to Defend Ukraine Abroad
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law that allows units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to be sent to other countries to deter armed aggression.
This was reported on the website of the Ukrainian parliament.
The law stipulates that under martial law, formations, military units and subdivisions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be sent abroad to ensure national security, counter and deter armed aggression, protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and exercise the right to self-defence in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The document was revised to take into account the proposals of the President of Ukraine, which clarify the decision-making procedure for sending Armed Forces units outside the country, detail the procedure for their stay abroad and ensure compliance with international law.
On 15 January, the Verkhovna Rada passed the law ‘On Amendments to Certain Laws on Certain Issues of Sending Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Other States During Martial Law’. On 30 January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vetoed the law and returned it with his own proposals. On 25 February, the parliament passed a revised version of the law with the presidential amendments.
As The Gaze previously reported, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine's military operation in Russia's Kursk region was contributing to the destruction of the Russian army's logistics and depleting its reserves.