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German Chancellor Backs Ukraine Strikes on Russian Energy Sites

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine’s strikes on Russian facilities affecting communications and energy supplies are justified, arguing they can pressure Moscow toward negotiations.

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Merz calls Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy supply ‘understandable,’ says Moscow targeting energy infrastructure to make winter harder for Ukrainians

·Ankara, Türkiye
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz supports Kiev's attacks on Russia's communications and energy facilities, which he reported to journalists at a press conference on the EU summit, as reported by The Guardian of the United Kingdom.

"In my opinion, it is absolutely correct, logical and understandable," said German Chancellor Merz.

·Greece
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Mertz said, at a press conference after the end of the summit of EU leaders in Brussels, that he does not see "any readiness on the Russian side to end the war" and therefore supports the Ukrainian attacks that disrupt Russian communications and energy supplies, Sky News reported. The German chancellor assessed that these are "obviously the only possibilities that Ukraine has to let Russia know that it is ready to defend itself" and to force Rus…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Ukraine's energy infrastructure had been severely damaged, and that in this respect, he considered Ukraine's strikes on Russian targets to be "correct, reasonable and understandable".

·Beyoğlu, Türkiye
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German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz called Ukraine's strikes on Russian refineries correct and logical. As he explained his position, read ᐅ TSN.ua (news 1+1)

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LB.ua broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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