His appreciation for the way in which the Vladimir Putin The proposals aimed at a peace deal for Ukraine today (26.05.2025) the Friedrich Mertzin an interview with the WDR broadcasting network.
“It is clear that Putin considers the proposals made for conversations,” the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said after the failure of recent talks to achieve a truce in the Ukraine.
“If Russia does not respond positively even to a proposal for a Vatican meeting, then we must prepare for this possibility that this war will last longer than we want or imagine,” he added.
The German Chancellor made these statements while Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski is expected to go to Berlin on Wednesday (28.05.2025) for meetings with himself and with German Federal President Frank-Walter Stain.
However, Mertz also said that Germany, France, Britain and the US have lifted restrictions on the range of weapons they send to Ukraine, which seems to finally receive them. ‘Current’ Cruise Rockets Taurus from Germany.
To deliver long -range weapons to Ukraine
“There are no longer restrictions on the range of weapons provided to Ukraine, neither by the British, nor by the French, nor by us, nor by the Americans. This means that Ukraine can now defend, striking, for example, military positions on Russian territory. Up to a certain point could not do that, “he said
Mertz also added that they are most necessary to provide Ukraine weapons of large range.
The young German Chancellor has long been in favor of surrendering the missile system to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, “but in coordinating with European partners,” he had previously stated.
Former Chancellor Allaf Saltz was constantly refusing to supply Kiev with long -range missiles, in fear of Russian reaction.
Moscow has warned her that any blow against Russian Taurus rocket targets will be considered as a “immediate involvement” of Germany in the war in Ukraine.
OR France and the Britain have already sent their own issue of rocket large range – SCALP and Storm Shadow Correspondingly -capable of affecting targets about 250 kilometers.