The German Chancellor said that Ukraine has given a “green light” for the use of weapons supplied by the Allies to strike at the territory of Russia.
At a conference in Berlin on Monday May 26, Friedrich Mertz said, quotes CNN GREECE:
“Now there are absolutely no restrictions on the spectrum of weapons supplied to Ukraine, neither Great Britain, nor France, nor us, nor Americans. This means that Ukraine can protect itself, attacking also military positions in Russia. ”
In an interview with journalists organized by the WDR public television and radio company, the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers proposals for negotiations “weakness” after the failure of recent negotiations to achieve the ceasefire in Ukraine:
“It is obvious that Putin perceives proposals for negotiations as weakness. If Russia does not even respond even to the proposal about the meeting in the Vatican, then we must be prepared for the fact that this war can last longer than we want or can imagine. ”
Spiegel and Reuters sources report that, as is expected, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will go on Wednesday to Berlin for meetings with Merz and Federal President of Germany Francom-Walter Steinmeier. The representative of the office refused to comment on reports on the visit of the President of Ukraine.
According to Spiegel, further military support of Ukraine will be discussed in the negotiations. Western allies are trying to put pressure on the Kremlin after Moscow began the largest series over three years of war attacks drones in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump earlier He expressed his disappointment Russian President Vladimir Putin and delay in efforts to achieve the ceasefire. Kremlin He called criticism Trump “emotional reaction” and defended deadly attacks throughout Ukraine. After Trump's statement about the possible tightening of sanctions against the Russian Federation The Russian market collapsed per 100 billion rubles.
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