内容摘要：“A difficult night for all of us,” the administration said in a statement.

“A difficult night for all of us,” the administration said in a statement.

that there are “no longer any range restrictions for weapons that have been delivered to Ukraine — neither by the British, nor by the French or by us, and not by the Americans either.”“That means Ukraine can also defend itself by, for example, attacking military positions in Russia. Until a while ago, it couldn’t … it can now,” he said.

It was not clear if Merz was referring to theon longer-range weapons late last year. Before becoming chancellor, Merz called for Germany to supply Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv, something his predecessor, Olaf Scholz, refused to do.Commenting on Merz’s statement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a decision to lift range restrictions was “quite dangerous” and “contrary to our efforts to reach a political settlement.”

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the latest Russian bombardments “show the extent to which President Putin has lied to the Europeans and to the Americans.”He told reporters while on a visit to Vietnam that Ukraine’s allies should, with U.S. support, set Putin a deadline “so that finally everyone can understand that he is lying and that beyond this deadline, massive retaliation is carried out, in particular in terms of sanctions.”

The European Union’s top diplomat, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, also said the bloc intended to impose more sanctions on Moscow, calling Russia’s latest attacks as “totally appalling.”

Trump has threatened massive sanctions, too, but so far hasn’t taken action. But he made it clear Sunday night that he is losing patience with Putin.A pod of Beluga whales swim through the Churchill River, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

A pod of Beluga whales swim through the Churchill River, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)A beluga whale blows air out as it swims through the Churchill River, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

A beluga whale blows air out as it swims through the Churchill River, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)But it’s not just her, she said. When she brings her customers into the water, inches from the whales, they also feel better.