He noted that Russia is waging a brutal war against Ukraine, which cannot be justified by anything.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that there is a consensus with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi regarding the use of weapons provided to Ukraine by the West. According to him, these weapons will not be used for attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Answering a question about the agreement with President Zelensky that Western weapons will be used only on the territory of Ukraine, in an interview with Bild, Scholz emphasized that “there is a consensus on this.”
The German official also commented on the words of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that “German tanks will again pose a threat to Russia.”
“His words are part of a series of absurd historical comparisons that he uses to justify his attack on Ukraine. But this war cannot be justified by anything. Russia is waging a merciless war against Ukraine,” Scholz said.
Provision of arms to Ukraine: will they be hit on the territory of the Russian Federation
Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security and the representative of the President of Ukraine in the parliament, said that 500 to 700 tanks are needed to completely liberate the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia. Kyiv will not give guarantees of non-use of Western equipment against targets in the Russian Federation.
The representative of the Pentagon, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, noted that Ukraine can independently decide how to use the provided weapons to expel the Russian invaders from its territories. This is how he answered the question of whether Ukraine is allowed to hit the objects of the occupiers in Crimea with this weapon.
