The Chairman of the Defence Committee at the German Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, supported the change of opinion in Germany regarding the use of German weapons by Ukraine against the Russian occupiers on the territory of the Russian Federation. According to her, Ukrainians must defend themselves.

This was reported by DW.

She said that international law allows targeted attacks in self-defense.

"This means that, according to international law, Ukrainians have the right to defend themselves, that we help with weapons and materials, and that the aggressor is destroyed in advance. This applies exclusively to military purposes. This should have happened much earlier," she said.

Ms. Strack-Zimmermann emphasized that Ukrainians have two options to defend their country.

"First, it is air defense: destroying approaching planes, drones and missiles with air defense systems," explained the Chair of the Bundestag Defense Committee.

According to her, these means include systems provided by Germany, such as IRIS-T and Patriot. She also noted that other European countries could participate more actively.

The second method is to destroy the military positions from which the attacks are being carried out, which will help prevent further attacks.

"The fact that the Chancellor - or rather his advisors - have always ruled this out means that Vladimir Putin has been proceeding from the assumption that Russia's massive attacks on Ukraine can take place without a response and without the war reaching Russian territory," Strack-Zimmermann said.

She also reaffirmed her belief in the need to supply German Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, emphasizing that the whole discussion about Taurus is aimed at destroying Russian supply routes. The speaker added that the main goal now is to prevent a Russian breakthrough in the Kharkiv direction.

Earlier, Apostrophe reported that the Netherlands lifted restrictions on Ukraine's use of the transferred F-16 aircraft for self-defense strikes inside Russian territory.