 Scholes, Ukraine cannot shell Russia with German weapons. Germany has told Ukraine not to target Russian territory with weapons that his country has supplied to Kiev, Chancellor Olaf Scholes outlined. He added that Berlin has not taken any unilateral steps when it comes to arming Kiev and is only acting in coordination with its allies during a town hall meeting in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Scholes insisted that his government intends to stick to that policy in the future. It's important for us that weapons that we supply for Ukraine to defend itself aren't used in attacks on the Russian territory, the Chancellor said. While assisting Kiev with arms, including leopard two main battle tanks, Berlin is also doing everything to avoid an escalation that could lead to a direct clash between NATO and Moscow. Scholes stressed. Last month, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius argued that it was fully normal for Ukraine to carry out strikes inside Russia to cut supply routes and for other military reasons. He stressed that civilians should not be targeted in those attacks. Pistorius also said nothing about the origins of weapons that can be used by Kiev in such operations. Since the start of the conflict in February 2022, the Russian regions of Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk, all of which border Ukraine, have been the targets of numerous drone and missile attacks by Kiev's forces. One of the deadliest cross-border attacks to place in Bryansk region on April 30, with the shelling of the village of Szemka from a multiple rocket launch system leaving four civilians dead and two others wounded. Moscow has long been warning that it considers the use of Western supplied weapons by Ukraine for attacks inside Russian territory a red line.