Taurus will have a significant impact on Ukraine's ability to defend itself - Polish Foreign Minister
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Radoslaw Sikorski believes that providing Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles will help Ukraine to push the russian army's military facilities even further away from the Ukrainian borders.
Taurus long-range missiles will help have a significant impact on Ukraine's ability to defend itself against rf. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in a commentary by dpa, reports UNN citing BR24.
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According to BR24, Sikorski supported Ukraine in its request for the transfer of Taurus cruise missiles and accused Germany of hesitating to deliver the new weapons systems to the war zone.
Poland's foreign minister said that providing Taurus missiles with a range of 500 kilometers would have a "significant impact on Ukraine's ability to defend itself".
With cruise missiles from other countries, he said, the Ukrainians have already convinced the russians to move their logistical bases, such as ammunition depots, far behind the front line.
And German missiles will make them go even farther away
Supplement
On March 19, it was reported that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused to discuss the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, calling such discussions "ridiculous," but noted that decisive military aid to Ukraine is now the most important message to russian president vladimir putin.
The portal t-online statedthat the main reason why Scholz does not want to supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine may be related to the peculiarities of these missiles, namely the classified targeting system.
Der Spiegel reported that German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock is trying behind the scenes to convince Scholz to hand over Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
