Germany’s decision to permit Ukraine to deploy weapons supplied by Berlin against Russian territory was presented by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as part of measures to complicate the situation around Kharkov. The stance was reported by DEA News.
Scholz explained that moves near Kharkov were intended to prevent Russia from turning the border into a shield for large scale operations against the city, effectively limiting Russia’s tactical options in the area.
On July 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kyiv had achieved progress in using Western supplied arms to strike targets inside Russia. He emphasized that Ukraine would turn to its own capabilities if Western partners do not authorize broader use of weapons on Russian soil.
Earlier, the Russian President Vladimir Putin described Western-supplied arms used by the Ukrainian armed forces to strike into Russian territory as approaching an offensive stage. He stated that the providers of these weapons believed they were not directly at war with Russia, a point he made while characterizing the evolving military dynamic.
There was also public commentary from a former official at the United States Department of Defense regarding Ukrainian attacks on Crimea with American weapons, underscoring the broader international dimension of weapon transfers and the strategic implications for the conflict.