German Chancellor makes decision on strikes deep inside Russia

Germany will not try to persuade Western countries to give Ukraine permission to strike deep into Russian territory with long-range weapons, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, Tagesspiegel reports.

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"Berlin will not persuade other countries to lift restrictions, and we have good reasons for this," the politician noted.

Germany is not going to give the Armed Forces of Ukraine permission to strike deep into Russian territory with German weapons either, Olaf Scholz said.

Steffen Hebestreit, an official representative for the German government, stated on September 13 that discussions between the United States and Great Britain on permission for Ukraine to strike Russia with Western long-range missiles were not related to German weapons. Germany still remains opposed to supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine as well, Hebestreit added.

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Olaf Scholz (German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ; born (1958-06-14)14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021. He was also First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 to 2018, deputy leader of the SPD from 2009 to 2019, and Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2007 to 2009.