Merz says Germany, Ukraine to jointly produce long-range weapons

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Berlin: German Chancellor Frederick Mirz said during a visit to Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelannsky on Wednesday that Berlin would help Kiev the long -range new weapons manufacture, which could well kill the targets inside the Russian territory.

Later, the defense ministers of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding for the preparation of the weapons system over a long distance, but took the name of the manufacturers involved without disclosing technical details.

“There will be no restrictions, which will allow Ukraine to fully defend itself, even against military targets outside its area,” Mirz told a joint press conference.

Zlinski’s visit to Berlin has made a few days after Russia’s launch of its heavy missiles and drone strikes on Ukraine, and US President Donald Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Ukrainian president accused Russia of stopping peace talks, saying Moscow does not want to stop his three -year attack, adding that “he will seek permanently in search of reasons for not ending the war”.

“Massive airstrikes, especially on the weekend, do not speak the language of peace, but the language of the war of aggression,” Mirz said.

“This is a slap in front of all those who are trying to bring a ceasefire in Ukraine, but also in Europe and the United States.”

He warned that “refusing to talk to Russian, refusing to observe the ceasefire, now the results have come out, and we are drawing these results every day”.

When asked about the announcement of Mirza’s weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state media: “All these measures are naturally hindering peace efforts.”

Mirz also indicated reports that Russia and US investors are hoping that Russian gas supply will resume through the Nord Stream Pipelines on the Pacific Pacific, and have vowed that Germany will “do everything” to ensure that it will not happen.

Mirz, who took power earlier this month, has vowed to continue to support Ukraine firmly, but without giving details about which weapons Germany is sending, according to strategic ambiguity policy.

He said the joint production of weapons over long distances “could be in Ukraine and here in Germany.” “We won’t provide further details.”

Mirz made the project “launched a new form of military industrial cooperation between our countries that has great potential”.

Mirza indicated in a TV interview this week that “weapons to Ukraine are no longer restrictions on the weapons – neither the British nor the French nor the Americans”.

“This means that Ukraine can now defend itself, for example, by attacking military positions in Russia … with little exception, he has not yet done so. Now it can do it.”

The German Ministry of Defense said a new contract for direct investment “will enable a significant number of long -range weapons this year”.

Meanwhile, Russia said on Wednesday that it had developed a peace “memorandum” by outline its terms to end the Ukraine conflict and will be presented to Kiev in the second round of direct talks in Istanbul next Monday. Trump.

Moscow and Kiev had earlier met with his delegation in Istanbul on May 16, with diplomatic pressure led by the United States to end the fighting in the first three years of conflict. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a video statement.

Lavrov added that I would once again want to express gratitude to my Turkish partners for providing hospitality, as Turkish Foreign Minister Hawkin Faden confirmed during a visit to Moscow yesterday.