LONDON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday he welcomed talks on Ukraine's use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russian territory, but any decision on the issue would have to be made by individual allies.

NATO Secretary General stated that if Iran and North Korea, despite supplying weapons to Russia, are not drawn into the war, NATO will not be either

NATO could have done more to arm Ukraine to try to prevent Russia's invasion in 2022, the outgoing head of the Western military alliance said in an interview released on Saturday. "Now we provide military stuff to a war - then we could have provided military stuff to prevent the war,

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is sceptical of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's threats, which come amid discussions about allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missiles deep into Russia. Source: Stoltenberg in an interview with The Times,

Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm. Alexander Moiseyev has issued a stark ultimatum, asserting that the most powerful weapon in the 25th Submarine Division of Russia's Pacific Fleet is at a heightened state of readiness.

On Wednesday, the Kremlin condemned comments by outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg as “dangerous”, Reuters reports. Stoltenberg had suggested that allowing Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles to strike Russian territory would not trigger an escalation from Moscow.