Russia again warned Germany on Thursday that if Ukraine attacks the Russian infrastructure by German rockets long -range Taurus, it will consider it a “direct participation” of Berlin in the conflict. TASR informs about this, referring to AFP and TASS.
“Since the launching of these controlled missiles is not possible without the direct assistance of Bundeswehr, these missiles on any facility of critical transport infrastructure in Russia … will be rated as a direct participation of Germany in the Military Operations of the Kiev regime with all of this resulting from Germany.” Zacharovova.
A similar warning was made on Monday by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to which the supply of Taurus missiles Ukraine would escalate more than three years of conflict.
The outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused to deliver Kiev Taurus rockets with a range of about 500 kilometers in fear that this could lead to the escalation of the war. However, the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz, as Scholz’s successor, claimed that he was not against such supplies before the victory of his party in the February elections. He said on Sunday that this idea is open, provided that Germany would agree with its European partners. According to The Telegraph, Britain has already indicated that Germany would support if it decides to deliver the rockets.
Russia has repeatedly criticized the western countries for delivering missiles with a longer range of Ukraine and claims that Kiev uses them to attack their destinations deeply on Russian territory.
Germany is the only one of the main western allies of Ukraine, which has not yet provided her missiles of a longer range. The United Kingdom supplies Kiev’s rockets Storm Shadow, France SCALP missiles and the United States provided the Atacms missiles.
In the future German government, it is still not presented by unity on Taurus Ukraine missiles. The influential CDU MP Roderich Kiesewetter told The Telegraph that he is still negotiating with a coalition partner – the Social Democrats (SPD) who have a lot of applicable arguments against it.
“I do not yet see consensus, especially because the parties have not agreed in the coalition treaty on key issues of security policy,” Kiesewetter said. However, the support of the British government could help the final decision on this issue.
