I refuse firmly, announced in Kiev, for the German missiles much coveted by Ukrainians: “My answer is no”

The German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday that Germany did not consider the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, despite repeated requests on this topic from Kiev, Reuters reports.

Although Germany is one of Ukraine's main military supporters, Berlin has never provided Taurus missiles so far, which have an action ray of over 300 miles (480 km).

Answer the question of a journalist during the fifth visit to Kiev from the beginning of the war, Pistorius said: “Because you asked me if we consider this, my answer is no.”

At the same press conference, the German minister said that Berlin's military support has reached 7 billion euros ($ 8.12 billion) this year, and another 1.9 billion euros are waiting for approval from the German Parliament.

Pistorius: Moscow is not interested in peaceful regulations

Also during the Joi visit from Kiev, Boris Pistorius condemned recent Russian air attacks on Ukraine, which involved a large number of cruise missiles and drones, describing them as extremely violent and threatening, DPA and Agerpres reported.

According to Pistorius, the model of the attacks reports that Moscow currently has no interest in peaceful regulation and, instead, continues its campaign with a tireless force, targeting more and more civil areas.

The German Defense Minister also stated that his visit emphasizes the commitment of the new government of Germany to support Ukraine.

Earlier this week, Ukraine reported the biggest Russian drone attack since the beginning of the war, over three years ago, involving 479 Shahed Drone with several cruise and hypersonic missiles.

Pistorius, together with his British counterpart John Healey, have assumed a leading role in providing military aid to Ukraine, given that support from the United States under President Donald Trump remains uncertain.

At a recent meeting in Brussels, Pistorius pleaded for increased international efforts to strengthen Ukraine's aerial defense.

He emphasized the increasing importance of the electromagnetic war, including securing Ukrainian communications, collecting information, disturbing Russian signals and defending against drones attacks.

Germany is the second largest military aid provider for Ukraine after the US.

Moscow warned Germany to consider it involved in the war if you send Ukraine Taurus missile

On Wednesday, June 11, the president of the Lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament (State Duma), Viaceslav Volodin, sent to his German counterpart, the president of the Bundestag, Julia Klockner, a letter that warned that a possible delivery of German missiles Taurus to the Ukrainian army would, from the point of view of Russia, involve a direct involvement. Ukraine.

“Today, the German government seriously examines the transfer of sophisticated cruise missiles to Kiev, although it is aware that the Kiev regime does not have the necessary skills to use them”, so they can only be operated by German specialists, says Volodin in the letter published on the Sammian, according to the Spanish Agency.

“In fact, this will be done by the specialists of the Bundeswehr (German army, no). In other words, German missiles will attack Russia and this will be done by German officers,” he stressed. According to Volodin, the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz thus pushes the German people into a “other armed conflict with Russia.” Does the Berlin government have a “mandate from the German people for this?”, The chief of Duma asked in the letter.

He continued to mention that, in the decades that followed the Second World War, Russia and Germany “did many not only to heal the wounds of the war, but also to build friendship and mutually advantageous between the peoples” of the two countries.

Ukraine has so far received from its Western allies rockets with an action range of about 300 kilometers, respectively American rockets with land and French launch with French and French launch Storm Shadow and Scalp.

But the Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski has long insanes Berlin to transfer the Ukrainian army Taurus, who have a ray of higher action and with which the Kiev forces could also hit the Crimea Bridge.

Former German Chancellor, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, has rejected this request, arguing that he does not want an involvement of German military in the Ukraine conflict, given that the Taurus missile programming operation may require the participation of German military prepared to operate these rockets, as well as the French military Shadow/scalp.

The new German-right-hander Chancellor Friedrich Merz was declared, before taking over the function, favorable to the transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

But, once the government leads, he refrained from making such a decision.

Instead, the German Chancellor promised President Zelenski that he would help Ukraine to produce long -range armament with which he can hit the depth of the Russian Arygard.

On the other hand, the delivery to Ukraine of some Taurus missiles also involves technical difficulties, as the Ukrainian air forces do not have the platform to launch them, so they would need to integrate them on the fighter planes available to Ukraine. However, according to discussions between German military manager, intercepted and published by Russia, the changes made by the British military on the Suhoi Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian army to launch Storm Shadow/Scalp Rockets would also allow the use of Taurus missiles.

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