{"id":12066,"date":"2025-05-28T18:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=12066"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:44:33","slug":"germany-to-help-ukraine-produce-long-range-weapons-merz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=12066","title":{"rendered":"Germany to help Ukraine produce long-range weapons \u2013 Merz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia views the chancellor\u2019s claim that there are no longer range limits on Western arms sent to Kiev as a serious escalation<\/strong><\/p>\n

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to help Ukraine produce its own long-range weapons that it can use to attack targets outside the territory it claims. Moscow has criticized the move, saying it further escalates the conflict and undermines peace efforts.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Merz stated that there are \u201cno longer any range restrictions\u201d<\/em> on weapons supplied to Ukraine by the UK, France, Germany, and the US, claiming that the limits were lifted \u201cseveral months ago.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the chancellor said he also informed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky that Berlin would support Ukraine in developing its own missile capabilities. \u201cOur defense ministers will sign a memorandum of understanding today regarding the procurement of Ukrainian-made long-range weapons systems,\u201d<\/em> Merz told reporters in Berlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also want to ensure joint production, but we will not disclose details publicly,\u201d<\/em> he said, adding that there will be no range restrictions on these weapons and that Kiev will be allowed to attack targets outside its own territory.<\/p>\n

Merz dodged a question from reporters about whether Berlin would also provide Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles, which are capable of reaching the Russian capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing sources, that Germany is unlikely to supply Taurus missiles, given that officials in Berlin view the issue as \u201ctaboo,\u201d<\/em> fearing it could lead to a major escalation.<\/p>\n

Moscow has condemned Merz\u2019s initiative, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stating that Germany is \u201ccompeting with France for primacy in further provoking war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Following Merz\u2019s earlier claim about the lifting of restrictions on the use of Western long-range weapons, Peskov warned that this could lead to a \u201cserious escalation\u201d<\/em> of the Ukraine conflict. He added that it \u201cseverely undermines attempts for a peaceful settlement that have been made,\u201d<\/em> referring to the first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in three years earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Peskov also pointed out that Kiev lacks the necessary targeting systems to conduct long-range strikes independently and argued that enabling these attacks would make Western countries direct participants in the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese statements are further proof that the European Union is not striving for peace and does not want to resolve the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy,\u201d<\/em> Peskov said, according to Russian media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia views the chancellor\u2019s claim that there are no longer range limits on Western arms sent to Kiev as a serious escalation German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to help…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}