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Western partners are not imposing any range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine for use against Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 26.

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Western partners are not imposing any range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine for use against Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 26. "There are no longer any restrictions on the range of weapons delivered to Ukraine – neither by U.K., France, nor us. 

"There are no restrictions by the U.S. either," Merz said during a discussion forum organized by the WDR channel.
"This means Ukraine can now defend itself, for eg, by attacking military post or any positions in federation of Russia," the chancellor added. "Until recently, it couldn’t do that, and apart from very few exceptions, it hadn’t done so either."
Ukraine has previously received long-range missiles from the U.S., the U.K., and France — including ATACMS, Storm Shadow, and SCALP — but was initially permitted to deploy them only against Russian military forces in occupied Ukrainian territories