{"id":2439270,"date":"2025-05-27T05:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restrictions-lifted-on-ukraine-firing-long-range-missiles-after-massive-russian-drone-attack-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:20:14","slug":"restrictions-lifted-on-ukraine-firing-long-range-missiles-after-massive-russian-drone-attack-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restrictions-lifted-on-ukraine-firing-long-range-missiles-after-massive-russian-drone-attack-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Restrictions lifted on Ukraine firing long-range missiles after massive Russian drone attack &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frestrictions-lifted-on-ukraine-firing-long-range-missiles-after-massive-russian-drone-attack-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>European allies of Ukraine have removed restrictions on the country&#8217;s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">long-range missiles<\/a> following a meaningful Russian drone attack that involved approximately 900 drones, marking it the largest of its kind since the war began three years ago. This policy shift was announced by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a European forum in Berlin, allowing Ukraine to target military positions in Russia for the first time in the conflict. Previously, Chancellor Olaf Scholz&#8217;s administration had limited Ukraine&#8217;s use of such weapons. The decision comes amid escalating drone assaults from Russia and ongoing diplomatic efforts by the U.S. to broker a ceasefire. Russian officials have condemned this new approach, warning that it undermines peace negotiations. Meanwhile, former U.S. President Donald trump has expressed concerns over Russia&#8217;s aggressive actions, describing them as irrational and harmful.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Restrictions lifted on Ukraine firing long-range missiles after massive Russian drone attack<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2130042\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s European allies have lifted any restrictions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >country firing long-range missiles<\/a> against Russia after the latter&rsquo;s massive drone attack over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched around<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-trump-putin-crazy-kyiv-missile-drone-attack\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> 900 drones<\/a> between Friday and Sunday, making it the largest drone strike by the country in the three-year history of the war, according to reports. The vast bombing campaign comes after U.S.-led efforts last week to reach a ceasefire between the two countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3421002\/middle-ages-modern-war-pope-peacemaker\/\">From the Middle Ages to Modern War: Pope as preeminent peacemaker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3421367\/tracking-repeal-biden-regulations-congressional-review-act\/\">Tracking the repeal of Biden regulations through the Congressional Review Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3422356\/southern-poverty-law-center-turning-point-usa-hate-and-extremism-report\/\">Southern Poverty Law Center listed Turning Point USA on its &lsquo;hate and extremism&rsquo; report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the policy change to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-ukraine-war-going-on-winter-break\/\" title=\"Is the ... ... Going on Winter Break?\">long-range missile strikes<\/a> during a European forum on Monday in Berlin, CNN reported. It is the first time Europe has supported Ukraine&rsquo;s authorized use of such weapons since the war began in February 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine,&rdquo; Merz said. &ldquo;Neither from the British, nor from the French, nor from us. Nor by the Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In other words, Ukraine can now also defend itself by attacking military positions in Russia, for example,&rdquo; the German Chancellor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/27\/europe\/germany-ukraine-russia-long-range-missile-intl-hnk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Merz&rsquo;s decision is a significant change in position from his predecessor, Olaf Scholz, who, for over three years, refused to authorize Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to use long-range missiles as part of his country&rsquo;s defense against Russia. Merz won the election for German Chancellor on May 6, 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Russia has steadily increased its drone attacks against Ukraine in the last two months. There was a drone attack on Palm Sunday on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which killed 30, followed by numerous massive bombing campaigns throughout the country. The attacks have come as the Trump administration has sought to broker a peace deal between the countries and put an end to the fighting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most recent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/27\/europe\/germany-ukraine-russia-long-range-missile-intl-hnk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacks<\/a> have angered President Donald Trump, who said that Putin has gone &ldquo;crazy&rdquo; and &ldquo;needlessly killing a lot of people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114571369956761390\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I&rsquo;m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever. I&rsquo;ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that&rsquo;s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Kremlin had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/putin-warns-russia-war-west-ukraine-long-range-missiles-biden-starmer-rcna170980\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> that authorizing Ukraine to use long-range weapons would be considered an act of war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3421948\/trump-furious-putin-deadly-strikes-kyiv-will-consider-sanctions\/\"><strong>TRUMP FURIOUS OVER PUTIN&rsquo;S DEADLY STRIKES ON KYIV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1963611\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> blasted Merz&rsquo;s statement, categorizing it as &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; and opposing any efforts to achieve a peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If such decisions are made, they will absolutely go against our aspirations to reach a political settlement and the efforts being made within the framework of the settlement,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1963611\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Peskov. &ldquo;This is a rather dangerous decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2130042\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130042\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restrictions on Ukraine&#8217;s long-range missile use lifted after Russian drone attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2439271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ukraine-Russia-war-hhb141.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[41916,39947,55965,6991,32076],"class_list":["post-2439270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-long-range-missiles","tag-military-policy","tag-russian-drone-attack","tag-ukraine","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ukraine-Russia-war-hhb141.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439274,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439270\/revisions\/2439274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}