The U.S., U.K., France, and Germany have lifted range restrictions on weapons for Ukraine

This was announced by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

“There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine — not from the United Kingdom, not from France, not from us. And not from the Americans either,” he said.

This means that Ukraine can defend itself, he noted, “for example, by striking military positions in Russia.”

Kremlin-aligned war correspondent Kots claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces may soon receive the long-range air-to-surface cruise missile Taurus, capable of hitting targets up to 500 kilometers away.

“A fighter armed with a Taurus could reach, for instance, Tula or Kaluga from Kharkiv Oblast. A serious threat that will require a response,” he wrote.

Germany has not officially confirmed deliveries of this weapon to Ukraine.

https://t.me/astrapress/82076

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 32 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

The US too? This is the first time in months that my government has made a good military decision.

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They won’t actually be supplying any long range missiles to Ukraine. Daddy Putin would not like that.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Generally I’d agree with you, but a few things recently happened: at the Pope’s funeral, other world leaders let Trump sit at the big kids table and he met with Zelenskyy without his other handlers around, Ukraine acquiesced to that stupid rare earths deal Trump pushed them into, Russia violated their own cease fire over Easter weekend, and Ukraine recently unconditionally agreed to the Trump-negotiated cease-fire deal, which Russia flat-out ignored.

I don’t actually think Trump cares about the Easter perfidy, but the other world leaders stopped treating him like a joke at the Pope’s funeral, so he’s going to stop acting like one for a bit - at least about this one thing. But mostly, I think it’s because the mineral rights deal probably directly enriches him in some way, and the cease fire negotiation represents a matter of ego for him.
Russia is now fucking with his image/ego and his money. I don’t think the suspected blackmail that Russia may or may not have matters anymore. He’s looking for approval from world leaders, not the plebes, or even those in his own party, who are obedient dogs.

Huh. I mean. It fits in my framework to say that we can even see their support pull-back in Musk saying he’s no longer going to give money to the Republican Party to assist them in the 2026 midterms. I’m not saying he’s necessarily compromised or in the pocket or Russia. Just that he has some common interests with the folks in power there.

Editing to add: my point is a little … maybe irrelevant. I learned after this comment was made that the U.S. policy regarding ATACMS was changed last November — before Trump’s latest term.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well, this is better than nothing.

load more comments (1 replies)