Germany’s Merz backs Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes on Russia

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German adviser Friedrich Mirz supported Ukrainian military strikes in the depths of Russian territory, following his previous commitment to providing Kiev with long -range German missiles.

Mirz said on Monday that Germany, Britain, France and the United States have removed all the scope restrictions on the weapons that are being delivered to Ukraine.

Paris, London and Washington have provided long -range missiles for Kiev and have already allowed strikes on Russian territory.

But Mirz’s position contradicts the position of his democratic predecessor, Olaf Schools, who replaced him this month.

The former counselor has repeatedly rejected Kiev’s appeals and its allies to supply the Ukrainian armed forces with German Taurus missiles, which has a smart war system that could cause significant damage to structures such as bridges and hideouts.

Mirz decided to stop revealing the delivery of weapons since he took office-a position in line with the “strategic ambiguity” approach to French president Emmanuel Macron-he previously said that he prefers the delivery operations of Taurus missiles to Kiev if they were coordinated with European allies.

“There are no longer any restrictions on the weapons that are being delivered to Ukraine, not by the British, nor by the French, nor by the Americans,” Mirz said at a conference in Berlin on Monday.

He added: “This means that Ukraine can now defend itself, for example by attacking military positions in Russia. It couldn’t do so until some time, I did so with very little exceptions. [Ukraine] You can do it now. In terminology, we call this long -term fire. “

The right -wing consultant in the center made his comments three days after the Russian air attacks on Ukraine, which included more than 1,000 drones and missiles.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said the decisions of granting long -term missiles to Ukraine were “possible dangerous” and could frustrate “attempts to reach a settlement” in Ukraine, according to New Zeas.

The range of flights with a length of 500 km of storm shades and scalp offered by the British and French tactical missiles and the army (ATACMS) provided by the United States.

These British, French and American missiles were used for the first time against military targets within the regions of Russia, Bianank and Corsak, in November, when the governments concerned with calm geographical restrictions raised their use.

Separately, KYIV has also developed long -range Nevtun missiles, as well as drones targeting Russian territory.

Mirz’s comments come as European leaders are racing to clarify a plan to increase pressure on Moscow, after US President Donald Trump indicated that he tends to leave them to sort the conflict with each other.

UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer Mirz will meet in Aachen, West Germany, on Thursday, where the Chairman of the European Union Committee, Ursula von der Lin, will meet the Charlemagne Award.

British officials said Starmer will talk to Mirz about increasing economic pressure on Russia and ensuring that Ukraine gets the financial and military support it needs to maintain the battle.

Ukraine President Volodimir Zelinski is scheduled to travel to Berlin on Wednesday.

With Washington’s commitment to Ukraine’s security apparently diminishing, French, British and German leaders are increasingly divided into the amount of military support that can be provided to Ukraine after the war.

France and the United Kingdom, who are incitement to the so -called “coalition of wishing”, insisted that a preliminary plan to deploy forces on the ground in Ukraine is still possible.

Other countries, including Germany, are more skeptical, because the United States is still opposed to the idea and is no longer in safety “Backstop” that European powers were asking for such force.

Persons participating in the negotiations said that Starmer and McCacon continue to support the forces’ proposal, in order to keep Europe involved in the ceasefire talks and the preservation of Ukrainian morale, as well as showing their commitment to Trump.

One of the European officials said that the forces’ plan was “dead”, because it was “useless without Trump’s help, and he is not ready to provide it.”

But the French diplomat reported that the proposal reports were not largely exaggerated, but also “completely incorrect”, adding that the two countries were still working on the plans “at a natural pace.”

Additional reports by Laila Abboud in Paris and Max Saddon in Berlin