After Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to stop the war and instead launched a fierce attack on Ukraine, Western countries, including the United States, have lifted all distance restrictions on the use of weapons they have provided to Ukraine. Western countries that are helping Ukraine, including Germany, Britain, France and the United States, have lifted distance restrictions on the use of weapons on Ukraine to protect themselves from Russia, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has revealed. There are no longer any distance restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine. “Neither British, nor French, nor ours, nor American,” Merz was quoted as saying by various Western media after Russia carried out its largest drone attack on Ukraine. This means that Ukraine can now defend itself. For example, by attacking military installations in Russia. With a few exceptions, Ukraine has not done so until now. Now he can do it,’ Merz explained. Russia called the decision dangerous and said it would hinder any kind of peace agreement. ‘If these decisions are really made, they are completely incompatible with our aspirations for a political solution,’ said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Putin. Under former US President Biden, when the US provided weapons to Ukraine, it initially provided them with the condition that they would not be used inside Russian territory. Biden did not allow such permission due to fears that Russia would attack the West or use nuclear weapons on Ukraine. Then, only at the end of May last year, Biden allowed Ukraine to use US weapons to attack Russian territory. Even when such permission was granted, it was given on the condition that they were used only against the troops that were massing and attacking around Kharkiv. At the end of last year, after it was confirmed that more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers would fight on Russia’s behalf, Biden finally allowed Ukraine to use long-range US weapons inside Russia, targeting them and Russian troops. Even then, there was a limit on how far it could strike, and Ukraine would only use those weapons with the permission of the US. Other Western countries also used to give permission according to the policy adopted by the US government. Now, there will be no restrictions on Ukraine regarding range. After the restrictions on range are lifted, the West is expected to provide Ukraine with more powerful and long-range weapons. However, Merge did not reveal anything about that. After US President Donald Trump spoke to his Russian counterpart Putin on the phone on May 19, many expected the war to stop. However, despite a two-hour phone call, Trump could not convince Putin to stop the war with Ukraine, and Trump backed down from his demand that Russia declare an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. Since then, Russia has intensified its attack on Ukraine. After that, the European Union (EU) has announced a new package of sanctions on Russia. Fed up, Trump has also started discussions to impose new sanctions on Russia. The US is mediating the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. Trump has been pressuring both countries for a ceasefire, both publicly and privately. Under US mediation, US officials held separate talks with Russian and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia. But after those talks failed to yield a solution, Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, repeatedly tried to reach a ceasefire agreement with Putin through lengthy discussions. But they were unsuccessful. Earlier, Ukraine readily accepted the US's proposal for a 30-day temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, but Putin did not agree. Putin had been demanding that Ukraine not join NATO, that its troops be limited, and that it should own not only the Ukrainian territory that Russia has so far occupied, but also the parts that it does not control. After Putin showed no desire to stop the war and instead intensified his attacks on Ukraine, the US and Western countries have lifted the distance restrictions imposed on Ukraine on the use of weapons it has provided.
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