Next week, an already very public debate over whether Ukraine should be allowed to use long-range Western-supplied missiles on Russian soil will come under an even brighter international spotlight.

Ukraine's foreign minister urged the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and Ukraine's allies to establish permanent monitoring missions at the country's nuclear plants.

Matthew Seville, head of military science at the Royal United Services Institute in London, told reporters he finds recent comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticizing Western allies over the lifting of restrictions on using long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia to be “risky.