Military expert retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk said that if long-range Taurus missiles are sent to Ukraine, Germany will become an indirect participant in the conflict. This was reported by “lenta.ru”.
According to Matviychuk, Berlin’s official approval of the supply of long-range weapons to strike Russian territory is Germany’s indirect participation in hostilities. When such weapons were secretly supplied, officials of Western countries could claim that they did not know the targets of the attacks. In the event of official delivery of Taurus, Russia has the right to take retaliatory measures.
Matviychuk recalled the words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, who said that factories, warehouses for the production of long-range weapons and supply routes to Ukraine could become targets for retaliation against Russian attacks.
Before that, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Committee for National Security, Defense and Intelligence of Ukraine Egor Chernev in the name Germany will provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles for attacks on Crimean territory and the Crimean Bridge.
Previously, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz not planning It is supplying long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine because it fears the Kremlin’s reaction in the event of an attack on Moscow.