The German parliament voted against sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper, the German parliament opposed the demands of Christian United parties in the debates on the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. A proposal in this regard by the parliamentary faction of the union, which explicitly wants the federal government to hand over Taurus, was rejected by the majority of parliamentarians on Wednesday evening.

The representatives of the Greens and the Liberal Party Democrats in the coalition government, who have long pressed the government coalition for such a handover, justified their refusal by saying that the union’s request was related to the public debate on the annual report of the military commissioner.

The Taurus missile is one of the most modern missiles of the air force and can destroy targets such as shelter complexes even from great heights and distances. At the beginning of October, the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Schultz, decided not to deliver this weapon to Ukraine for the time being. The reason for the 500 km range of these missiles is that Russian soil may also be hit. However, there is significant resistance to the position of the German chancellor among the Greens and the Liberal Democratic Party.

However, the German parliament proposed to send long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. rejected; An action that makes Kiev face more problems and obstacles regarding receiving military aid.

The resolution regarding the sending of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine was voted in the German Parliament yesterday. It was passed and this resolution received 178 positive votes and 485 negative votes.

Steffen Hebstreit, the spokesman of the German government, emphasized earlier: Germany will continue to support Ukraine. will send everything possible to this country, but we still do not have a plan to send long-range Taros missiles to Kiev. The military from the west insists especially on the Taros missiles.

But the German government still has doubts about sending the Taros missiles to this country and the discussions about this between the authorities Germany continues.

The German officials, of course, emphasize the need to continue providing arms to this war-torn country, and they continue to promise the continuation of these aids to Kiev. .

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