Germany refused Kyiv’s request for Bundeswehr air defense use
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has declined President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea to use German weapons to intercept Russian missiles and drones over Ukraine, as Deutsche Welle reports. Scholz also turned down Kyiv’s request to lift the restrictions on using Western long-range weapons for attacks on Russian soil. According to Scholz, this perspective is shared by other NATO allies. “There is a consensus that such measures cannot be entertained. The United States also maintains a very clear stance on this issue,” the Chancellor stated during a news conference following the European Political Community summit in Woodstock, UK. At the same summit, Zelensky reiterated his call for Western allies to shoot down Russian missiles and drones over Ukraine. “There needs to be a collective determination to intercept them, much like with Iranian missiles and drones,” he urged. Ukrainian authorities have previously requested that their allies deploy air defense systems...