There is no new agreement that would go beyond what the previous government made, said the politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDPG), answering questions from journalists.
Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said on WDR Europe 2025 in Berlin that “there are no more restrictions on the range of weapons supplied to Ukraine – neither from the British, nor from the French, nor from us, nor from the Americans.” The ex-Chancellor of Germany Olaf Sholz has always been careful about the use of Western weapons in Russian territory, reminds the media. However, it is incomprehensible, reflects the statements of the Mercress, a new state of affairs or it implies the use of Western missiles in Russian territory, which was known since last fall, journalists emphasize.
The same party officer Klingbaille Ralph Stegner criticized the Merz’s statement about the removal of restrictions on the strikes of the Russian aggressor country, noting that “everything that expands the war is a mistake.”
The leader of the parliamentary group of the Left Party, Seren Pelmann, said that the Russian war against Ukraine was a “terrible crime”, but he added that “the supplies of more and more heavily weapons did not complete the war.” According to him, the fact that now there are no more restrictions on the range of weapons can “lead to further escalation.”
The deputy from the party of green Agnieshka Bruger approved the statement of the Mercke as “logical and long -naughty.”
German Foreign Minister Johann Vadiful said that the removal of restrictions on the long -term strokes is a natural response to strengthening air terror in Russia, WDR writes. At the same time, the German Foreign Minister repeated the position of the federal government, according to which Berlin will not declare decisions on specific weapons systems.
Context
On May 26, the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said that Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States lifted the limitation of the range from Ukraine transferred to Ukraine. “There are no more restrictions on the range of the weapons that we supply to Ukraine – neither from the British, nor from the French, nor from us or from the Americans. This means that Ukraine can now protect itself, for example, attacking military positions in Russia. We call this“ distant fire ”, which also means the equipment of Ukraine with weapons that can hit military targets in the depths of the country,” he said.
On the same day, spokeswoman for the illegitimate president of Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that he considers the decision of Europeans to make restrictions on the range of weapons transferred to Ukraine “dangerous”.
