Scholz Greenlights German-Supplied Weapons for Ukrainian Strikes on Russia From Kharkov

“Something had to be done with Kharkov to prevent Russia from using the border as a protective shield,” Scholz told reporters during a press briefing broadcast by the German television network Phoenix.

The chancellor also said German military aid to Ukraine would soon be facilitated via NATO facilities in the German city of Wiesbaden.

“In Washington, [it was] decided that the coordination of actions of many countries would no longer be done in Ramstein by the United States, but in Wiesbaden within NATO structures, without NATO itself doing anything. It is very important. But the fact that coordination would happen there clearly means that it would go on forever and that no one would suddenly get out on the wrong side of the bed one morning and say that now it is going to end,” Scholz explained.

Scholz voiced support for peace initiatives with the participation of Russia and reiterated that Germany had no plans to engage in a direct confrontation with the Eurasian world power.