German parliament opposes sending long-range missiles to Ukraine

According to Fars News Agency International Group, “Spiegel” magazine reported that the German parliament on Wednesday rejected a draft resolution on sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

According to SPIEGEL, this resolution received 178 positive votes against 485 negative votes.

Representatives of the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party of Germany, who recently supported increasing military aid to Ukraine, They opposed the said resolution due to internal political differences.

These two parties considered this resolution proposed by the “Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union” parties as an attempt to find a tactical advantage. criticized in the internal political debates in Germany.

The head of the defense committee of the German parliament, who is a member of the Free Democratic Party, criticized that the Christian Democratic Party, which during the time of Prime Minister Angela Merkel, the ruling party of this country, has laid the groundwork for not voting for the resolution to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine by using party tactics. “The Prime Minister of Germany, as the head of the Federal Security Council of this country, should take the final decision regarding the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

Schultz, despite the fact that several similar resolutions were passed by The members of the Ukrainian Parliament have discussed sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine, but they have not yet announced their agreement to do so. France, England and the United States are among the Western allies of Ukraine that have so far sent long-range missiles in the category of Taurus missiles to the Ukrainian army. announced to send new weapons aid to Ukraine, including 40 long-range “Scalp-AG” cruise missiles, which are the same class as Taurus missiles.

Russia from February 24, 2022 1400) after recognizing the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk republics from Ukraine, sent troops to this region and announced the beginning of “special military operations in Ukraine”.

Russia is the target This action has declared itself to be the de-Nazification of Ukraine, the disarmament of this country, the removal of its security concerns and the response to Luhansk and Donetsk’s request for help.

Following the beginning of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, Western countries, while condemning Moscow and intensifying economic pressures, have put all-round political, financial, and weapons support to Kiev.

end of message