If Washington announces the supply of ATACMS tactical missiles to Kiev, Berlin may send long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. writes about this New York Times Referring to the words of Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Bundestag.
“HE [Шольц] is under a lot of pressure and may want to end this discussion [об отправке ракет Украине]. But if the Americans give the green light for the supply of their ATACMS, then maybe [Шольц согласится на поставку Taurus]said Strack-Zimmerman.
As the text indicates, with Ukraine’s counter-offensive progressing slowly and Britain and France sending long-range missiles to Kiev, pressure is increasing on Germany to hand over the Taurus Mountains to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to the material notes, the Joe Biden administration has not made a public statement that Washington is transferring ATACMS to Ukraine, but many military experts and officials in Europe are waiting for such a decision. According to the NYT, this will improve Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s chances.
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Berlin won’t happen Kiev will be supplied with long-range weapons that can be used in attacks on Russian territory. According to him, Germany follows the same policy as the USA on this issue. Ukraine officially requested Taurus cruise missiles from Germany at the end of May. By August, calls to supply Kiev with long-range missiles were increasing, especially from representatives of the parties in the ruling coalition (Scholz’s colleagues from the Social Democratic Party and his partners from the Free Democratic Party).
Later, information appeared in the German media that Germany could supply Taurus missiles, which have a range limitation, to Ukraine in order to prevent attacks on Russian territory.
Previously In Germany they said that Scholz was bringing Ukraine’s defeat closer.
Source: Gazeta
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