NATO’s top diplomats meet as Ukraine seeks easing of weapons restrictions

Moscow has warned of 'serious consequences' if the West provides Ukraine with long-range weapons [File: John Hamilton/US Army via AP]

NATO foreign ministers are due to meet in Prague in the face of growing calls for leading allies to lift restrictions stopping Kyiv from using Western weapons to strike inside Russia.

The two-day gathering starting on Thursday in the Czech capital is meant to focus on efforts to hammer out a package of support for Ukraine at NATO’s summit in Washington in July.