British mediation to solve the issue of sending German Taurus missiles to Ukraine

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “NTV”, Ukraine has been asking for German Taurus cruise missiles for months, but the German federal government has so far rejected this. The UK is apparently trying to mediate this: according to a report, there is a proposal for a ring exchange from England. But it probably won’t solve the problem.

According to media reports, Britain offered Germany a way out of the impasse over the delivery of the Taurus cruise missile to Ukraine. has done. According to Germany’s “Handelsblatt” quoting diplomats and civil servants, the federal government can export the Taurus to Britain, and the London government will deliver Shadow Storm cruise missiles to Ukraine in return. The UK offer has been available for a few weeks. The German chancellor did not want to comment on the information, the newspaper reported. According to the German news agency, there should be such considerations with France as well. The British proposal told Handelsblatt: “If this is in the interest of Ukraine, it is certainly an option in the field of international cooperation.” On the other hand, Marie Agnes Struck Zimmerman The head of the Defense Committee of the German Parliament also told “Handelsblatt” that the exchange of rings does not make sense to him.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government is discussing with the German federal government about handing over The possibility of these missiles continues. “Dmytro Kulba”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in an interview with “Bild” magazine, once again assured that Ukraine does not need this weapon system to attack Russian territory, but it is needed to destroy Russian military infrastructure in Ukraine occupied by Moscow. . He emphasized: “We don’t need Taurus missiles to attack Moscow.” has done. The reason for this issue is the fear that the bombing of Russian territory with German missiles will lead to further escalation of the conflict and Germany will also be drawn into these conflicts.

Next week, European Union countries want to discuss more arms aid to Ukraine at a meeting, which is the initiative of Schulz. It enables them to target Moscow and potentially provoke a significant escalation of the war. In contrast, Britain’s Shadow Storm missiles only have a range of 250 kilometers, which puts Moscow out of their reach. has analyzed the proposal. A person familiar with the negotiations told the newspaper that the proposed exchange could potentially be supported in Berlin. The report did not comment. A spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense said that Britain and its partners, including Germany, will continue to work to equip Ukraine to defend its territory.

The German parliament last week sent Taurus missiles were opposed to Ukraine, which was especially aimed at united Christian parties.

The Taurus missile is one of the most modern missiles of the air force and can hit targets such as shelter complexes. destroy even from great heights and distances. At the beginning of October, German chancellor Olaf Schultz decided not to deliver this weapon to Ukraine for now.

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