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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      couldn’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.