The German government has authorized Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons against military targets in Russia, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced on Friday. Ukraine has pressed supporters in recent weeks for permission to use weapons supplied by the West to strike Russian forces on Russian territory. Several other countries, including the United States, have recently made similar moves to give Ukraine more leeway in its use of Western-supplied weapons, after previously specifying that they should only be used against targets within Ukraine itself. “In recent weeks, Russia has p…