Germany and France agree Ukraine may strike Russian military targets
Germany and France agree Ukraine may strike Russian military targets
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would not prohibit Ukrainian attacks on Russian military targets, saying Ukraine "is allowed to defend itself." #EuropeNews
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would not prohibit Ukrainian attacks on Russian military targets, saying Ukraine "is allowed to defend itself."
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the French President Emmanuel Macron showed their joint support for Ukraine during a Franco-German defence and security council in Meseberg on Tuesday.
Whilst Chancellor Scholz had previously been firm on Ukraine not using Western weapons to strike Russian targets, he made a step in the direction of Macron, on the third and last day of the French president's historic state visit to Germany.
Both leaders put their disagreements aside and compromised on the divisive subject of EU defence.
Bad headline. What it's talking about is whether or not Ukraine can use the weapons Germany and France gave them to do so.
They are already attacking military targets and France and Germany couldn't do shit about it even if they wanted to, which they don't.
54couldn't do shit about it even if they wanted to
Of course they could. Halt the deliveries of weapons for one. It's in Ukraines best interest to keep good relations with the West, something Ukraine takes very seriously.
28Yup. "Strike Russian targets" is not the same as "strike targets in Russia". Huge difference.
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Good, Russia is whining about this means it's the right thing. Honestly everything should be game for Ukraine since Russia is the aggresor. They could just fuck off Ukraine and not be bothered.
As Luis C.K said, of course it's a terrible tragedy if you go to war and get shot, but maybe if you invade another country and get shot by the guy you were just shooting at, its not that weird.
14They allowed to attack military targets in internationally recognized Russia yet? Permission to do that would really help undermine logistics and concentrations.
4Kyiv should be allowed to hit military sites inside Russia but not other targets
So yes.
15That’s what, I think, Russian targets mean in this context.
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I'm sorry, but is there one more source for the theory hat Germany wants to allow it??
I'm from Germany. Here, it's clear that our government won't allow that. Scholz is still against that.
Erstmals hat damit der Staatschef eines führenden NATO-Staats den Einsatz westlicher Waffen gegen Stellungen in Russland so deutlich in der Öffentlichkeit befürwortet. Zuletzt hatte NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg den Druck erhöht, bestehende Beschränkungen aufzuheben. Deutschland dagegen will der Ukraine nicht erlauben, beispielsweise Raketenstellungen in Russland - von denen aus ukrainische Infrastruktur angegriffen wird - mit westlichen Waffen präventiv zu attackieren. Auch die USA erklärten gestern, kein grünes Licht für solche Angriffe zu geben.
2This is the best summary I could come up with:
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the French President Emmanuel Macron showed their joint support for Ukraine during a Franco-German defence and security council in Meseberg on Tuesday.
Whilst Chancellor Scholz had previously been firm on Ukraine not using Western weapons to strike Russian targets, he made a step in the direction of Macron, on the third and last day of the French president's historic state visit to Germany.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of "serious consequences" if Western countries allowed Ukraine to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia.
For his part, Emmanuel Macron sought to bury the hatchet with Berlin after the latter initiated a European anti-missile shield project, without including Paris.
While Macron supports greater European independence in defence and wants to shield the economy from 'unfair' Chinese and American competition, Scholz underlines the significance of transatlantic ties and trade relations with China.
The goal of the historic state visit was to show a united Franco-German front as both leaders face predicted defeats at the hands of far-right parties less than two weeks before the European elections.
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