24 minutes agoScholz says Germany will give Ukraine permission for long-range weapons
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that his country would not lift restrictions on Ukraine regarding the use of long-range German weapons against Russia, despite Kiev's prayers. The government has made “several decisions” regarding military support for Ukraine, which “are very much [...]
The government has made some “decisions about the military support for Ukraine, which “are very clear to me”, Scholz said in New York on Monday evening, where he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodyr Zelensky.
Scholz stressed that among those decisions are the restrictions preventing Ukraine from throwing German missiles deep inside Russia's territory.
This is not in accordance with my personal position... We will not do this, and we have good reason for this”, Scholz, who is in the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Germany's longest-range weapon to Kiev so far is the rocket launcher. MARS II, which may strike the target 850 miles [84 km] away.
Berlin has given Kiev permission to use this rocket launch only in limited space within Russian land, near the Ukrainian border city of Harkiv.
Scholz has declined to supply Kiev with long-range precise weapons of action, despite German allies' decisions in NATO.
Germany does not want to give Ukraine floating Taurus missiles, which could hit about 500 kilometers away, arguing that “this would significantly increase the risk of escalation of war”.
The US, Great Britain and France have supplied Kiev with floating missiles that can hit the target up to 300 kilometers away. They are considering the decision whether to allow Kiev to use these missiles for assaults on targets deep within Russia.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said that the use of such weapons by Kiev would plunge NATO into direct conflict with Russia. /rel/
