Recycling Old News Media Push for More War in Ukraine
Yesterday, during a lengthy interview, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz mention the lifting of restrictions on western weapons used by Ukraine.
Media took that as a new revelation:
- Merz says no more range limits for weapons supplied to Kyiv – DW, May 26
- Germany’s Merz backs Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes on Russia – FT, May 26
- Western allies lift Ukraine’s restrictions on long-range weapons, says Merz – Euronews, May 26
> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Monday that Germany, along with France, the UK and the US, had lifted restrictions on the range of weapons they are sending to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia.
“There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine — neither by the British nor by the French nor by us nor by the Americans,” he said at the WDR Europaforum 2025 at the re:publica digital conference in Berlin. <
Some media even claimed that Merz had cleared the path for the delivery of German Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine:
Germany and its key allies have lifted range restrictions on weapons sent to Ukraine allowing Kyiv to hit targets inside Russia with no external limits, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday.
That announcement by the German leader could clear the path for Berlin to finally deliver its powerful Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv, something that the previous government refused to do so as not to provoke nuclear-armed Russia.
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