Germany Refuses to Supply Long-Range Precision Weapons to Ukraine

Published on September 15, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sept. 14 that Germany will not supply long-range precision weapons to Ukraine, regardless of NATO allies’ decisions. Scholz made the remark during a public event in Prenzlau, a city in Germany’s eastern state of Brandenburg, with the German leader citing a major escalation risk, according to the German Press Agency (DPA). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been requesting long-range weapons to target Russian logistics and military airfields behind the front lines, while top officials in Moscow have threatened to respond in a “brutal way” if Ukraine is allowed to fire Western-supplied long-range missiles into Russia....