Chancellor keeps explosive information hidden - Could German missiles have reached Russia already?
More and more nations such as Sweden, Britain, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Denmark are permitting Ukraine to officially and publicly deploy weapons provided for self-defense against Russia on Russian soil and airspace. Politico reported last Thursday that the US government had recently permitted Ukraine to secretly use these weapons.
However, Germany remains an exception.
Chancellor spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit clarified on Monday that the defense struggle of Ukraine, as per international law, "is not limited to its own territory" and can "naturally" extend "to the territory of the aggressor." When asked if this also applies to German weapons, the Scholz spokesperson once more referred to "confidential agreements" between Germany and Ukraine.
In addition, Hebestreit highlighted "with regards to the weapons Germany has supplied to Ukraine" and their "range" that the entire issue would "rather move in the theoretical realm."
Ukrainian officials, all requesting anonymity due to potential tensions between Kiev and Berlin, claim that most Russian targets are within the range of the weaponry and ammunition supplied by Germany. They're talking about artillery guns and rocket launchers, positioned not even five to ten kilometers behind the Russian-Ukrainian border, continuously firing on Ukraine.
This arrangement has existed since the delivery of the systems in summer 2022 and has remained unchanged since then.
Consequently, Ukraine theoretically wouldn't need to load their artillery guns from Sweden (green light to attack Russia) with ammunition from Germany (no green light) to engage Russian military targets in Belgorod or Kursk.
Nevertheless, there is no on-site supervision of this arrangement.
Similar restrictions also apply to air defense systems given by Germany, like Patriot and Iris-T. These would only function if a Russian rocket, cruise missile, bomb, or drone crossed the Ukrainian border.
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