“This is nothing more than the further provocation of war, attempts to force the Ukrainians to continue fighting,” the Kremlin spokesman told the press.

Recently, Merz stated in an interview with WDR TV that his country, along with the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, had lifted restrictions on supplying Kiev with long-range missiles that would allow them to attack positions located on Russian territory.

In this regard, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was emphatic in commenting that the German chancellor’s words show that in the West, strategic uncertainty has been replaced by “offensive insufficiency.”

Berlin’s claims are not only being rejected by Moscow; this Wednesday, even its coreligionists criticized its unclear statements about the possible transfer of Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.

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