Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that Germany will supply Taurus missiles to Kiev, adding that he does not think it will take a year. This is reported by the RBC-Ukraine publication.
“After all, Germany is a really serious partner of Ukraine in this war. And we already bought a lot of modern things from Germany,” Reznikov said.
Formerly Reznikov declarationThat the German authorities will somehow decide in favor of the procurement of German-made Taurus missiles, designed to destroy land and sea targets within 500 km of Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in early July declarationHe said that Berlin would not supply Kiev with long-range weapons that could be used to attack Russian territory. According to him, Germany follows the same policy as the USA in this regard. Ukraine formally requested Taurus cruise missiles from Germany at the end of May. By August, calls were mounting for long-range missiles to be sent to Kiev by Scholz’s colleagues from the Social Democratic Party and partners from the Free Democratic Party, especially representatives of the ruling coalition parties. On 11 August, German media reported that Germany could supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine after it introduced a range limitation to prevent attacks on Russian territory. At the same time, more than 50% of German citizens, according to a survey conducted by the German television channel ARD in August, against supply of these weapons.
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