T-Online: Taurus deliveries to Ukraine contradict German security interests

2024-03-15T22:15:36.673Z

Highlights: T-Online: Taurus deliveries to Ukraine contradict German security interests. Berlin’s refusal to transfer Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv is due, among other things, to the fact that the effectiveness of these weapons directly depends on special accompanying devices. Earlier it was reported that German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock secretly tried to persuade German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to supply Taurus Cruise missiles to Ukraine. Germany will need about two years to resume production of Taurus missiles.

Berlin’s refusal to transfer Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv is due, among other things, to the fact that the effectiveness of these weapons directly depends on special accompanying devices, the supply of which to Ukraine may contradict Germany’s security interests.