Ukraine can now use Western long-range weapons against targets in Russia, says German Chancellor
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Western allies are no longer placing limits on how Ukraine can use long-range weapons provided to them, including strikes on Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday.
Speaking at a forum hosted by public broadcaster WDR, Merz confirmed that the lifting of restrictions applies not just to German arms.
“There are no longer any restrictions on the range of weapons delivered to Ukraine, neither by the UK, France, nor us. There are no restrictions by the US either,” he said.
Merz added that Ukraine is now able to “defend itself, for example, by attacking military facilities in Russia.”
“Russia attacks civilian targets completely ruthlessly, bombing cities, kindergartens, hospitals and old people’s homes – Ukraine doesn’t do that.”
Merz also revealed that this was one of the reasons for his visit to Kyiv together with the leaders of France, the UK and Poland on 10 May. During that visit to Ukraine’s capital, he also said that all future arms supply talks with Ukraine would be kept confidential.
In the past Ukraine received long-range missiles from the US, the UK and France, but was only allowed to use them against Russian military forces in occupied Ukrainian territories.
