German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the strikes German weapons on Russian territory will not lead to an escalation of the conflict, but will only allow Ukraine to protect its large cities.
He stated this on Antenne Bayern radio, DW reports.
Scholz emphasized that that the decision to allow Ukraine to use German weapons to attack Russia was carefully thought out in cooperation with “friends and allies” Germany.
At the same time, the German Chancellor assured that he would never allow pressure on himself to convince him to make “wrong and untimely decisions.”
Recall that at the end of May the German The government allowed Ukraine to use German weapons in order to strike Russian territory “in accordance with international law,” but only on Russian border territories near the Kharkov region.
Before this, Olaf Scholz opposed the use of German weapons for strikes on Russian territory, noting that there are “clear rules for the supply of German weapons, which have been agreed upon with Ukraine and are working.”