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Give Ukraine long-range missiles to hit Russian targets, German minister says
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https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-germany-long-range-missiles-russia-war-annalena-baerbock/?
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Ukraine’s armed forces need more long-range weapons to be able to hit targets deep behind the frontline, Germany’s foreign minister has said, as Russia makes gains on the battlefield.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of European foreign ministers in Strasbourg, Annalena Baerbock described the military situation in north-east Ukraine as “highly dramatic” amid reports that Vladimir Putin’s forces are making significant advances of up to 10 kilometers in one place.
She said it is important to provide weapons “that can be used over medium and long distances” — a remark likely to be seen as putting more pressure on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles.
In a recent interview with POLITICO, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he felt the West has been requiring Ukraine to fight with one hand tied behind its back because of the strings that come attached to military aid.
Ukraine’s public broadcaster Suspilne reported Friday that the city of Kharkiv, the country’s second largest, suffered the longest air-raid alert of the war — more than 16 hours.
The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on social media that the port city suffered a “partial blackout” after debris from an intercepted Ukrainian drone crashed into an electrical substation.
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