Confirming shift of position, #Germany Chancellor Scholz says #Ukraine's use of German and other Western-supplied weapons to strike targets in #Russia "will not contribute to escalation"
"I think it is clear to everyone that [Ukraine self-defense] must be possible"
"You know the greatest service that the media can provide? Stop quoting Donald #Trump when he spews insults and falsehoods, when he makes statements with no regard to the facts"
#Ukraine gets air surveillance capability for 1st time since 1991
#Sweden €1.4bn aid package --- largest during #Russia invasion --- also includes air defense, artillery ammunition, and armored vehicles "at the top of Ukraine’s priority list"
"For them, it is pleasure to burn. We all know who we are dealing with. Russia is run by men who want to make it a norm – burning lives, destroying cities and villages, dividing people, & erasing national borders thru war"
#Zelenskiy indicates US maintaining ban on use of #ATACMS long-range missiles in strikes on #Russia
#Lithuania Foreign Minister: “From beginning we have made the mistake of limiting Ukrainians because it could be seen as an escalation. We must abandon these rules"