Die Ukraine braucht keine Erlaubnis, ihre eigenen Waffen für einen Angriff auf Russland einzusetzen – Außenministerium

What a wonderful lie by omission

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1832005761313984695

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1832005763960627418

>These operations allowed us to return security to the Black Sea and our food exports. ***Now we hear that your long-range policy has not changed, but we see changes in the ATACMS, Storm Shadows and Scalps –a shortage of missiles and cooperation.***

>***This applies even to our territory, which is occupied by Russia, including Crimea.*** We think it is wrong that there are such steps. We need to have this long-range capability not only on the occupied territory of Ukraine, but also on the Russian territory, so that Russia is motivated to seek peace.

It also explains why [Ukraine had to expend much more valuable Neptune to hit storages in Mariupol, instead of Western missiles](https://defence-ua.com/news/shozhe_scho_same_neptun_mig_vdariti_po_skladah_rf_u_mariupoli_ukrajinskih_krilatih_raket_staje_bilshe-16629.html)

Before that, [Ukraine’s pressured not to strike even with domestic weapons](https://english.nv.ua/nation/zelenskyy-says-some-leaders-tried-to-stop-strikes-on-russia-with-ukrainian-weapons-50434937.html)

>”I want to remind you that, to be honest, ***it was impossible to even strike with our developments,” he said. “Let’s just say that some leaders did not perceive this positively. Not because someone is against us, but because of, as they say, ‘de-escalation policy’…*** We believe that this is unfair to Ukraine and Ukrainians… No one raises the issue of using our stuff anymore.”

And even the “no one raises” only happened [because Ukraine went “FUCK IT” and hit nonetheless](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2024/05/13/7455462/).

>”Here we hit a raw nerve. We could feel it from [the pressure that was put on us](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/15/7451334/). And not just from Russia. Our partners almost publicly urged us to stop. However, this is a Ukrainian weapon manufactured in Ukraine by our experts. They cannot just tell Zelenskyy that this cannot be fired against Russia. They can only ask for it. And only then will he consider whether to listen to these requests,” says one of the government officials related to the attacks, explaining the sheer intensity of the situation.

So, it seems, US elected to maintain some level of fire control by increasing restrictions on Western munitions, to force Ukraine to spend more of its own weapons on targets within occupied territories, leaving less available for deep strikes within russia.

“You can strike into russia with your own weapons… but to make sure you don’t strike into it ***too*** much, we are tightening the restrictions, so you’ll have to use them for strikes both inside Ukraine and out of it!”

EDIT: Grammar