This permission is requested by kyiv from its allies, while the Russian army is bombarding the border region of Kharkiv from its territory. Berlin was one of the most reluctant capitals.
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An additional green light. Germany in turn authorizes Ukraine to use the weapons it delivers to mener strikes on the territory of Russia, from where the Russian army bombs the Ukrainian border region of Kharkiv. “We are convinced that Ukraine has the right under international law to defend itself against these attacks”said Steffen Hebestreit, spokesperson for the German government, in a statement, quoted by the magazine Der SpiegelFriday May 31.
Berlin and kyiv have agreed “that the weapons supplied will be used in accordance with international law”, he further specifies. Before Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States had also given the green light. An American authorization welcomed by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. “This is a step forward towards this objective (…) which consists of providing the possibility of defending our people who live in the villages located along the border”he said Friday, during the third Ukraine-Northern Europe summit.
