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German Bundestag members call on the government and Chancellor Olaf Scholz to provide Ukraine with Taurus long-range cruise missiles as soon as possible.
Details: According to Roderich Kiesewetter, the lawmaker from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, "now that the discussion about Taurus has begun and is still ongoing, Russia is going to further escalation", therefore, he believes, "if we really want to stop this escalation from the Russian Federation, we must use everything that stands in the way of escalating the war".
At the same time, he repudiated the argument that is often put forward against the supply of said missiles, suggesting that this could allegedly lead to an escalation of the war. Kiesewetter stressed that it is Russia, not Ukraine, that is escalating the conflict.
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chair of the Bundestag Defence Committee, said Taurus missiles were "urgently needed by Ukraine". In her opinion, this "is in line with international law, because if Ukraine knows where it is being attacked from, it can deliver preventive strikes to stop the attacks".
"I think the problem is again in the office of the chancellor (Scholz), where they are trying to prevent this issue from coming to the surface," she concluded.
Scholz party co-chair Saskia Esken admitted that her party "has never had red lines in any arms-supply debate" but that Germany is "coordinating closely with the Allies".
With these missiles that have a range of 310 miles, there would be no place in occupied Ukraine the Russians can hide, no trench, no minefield, nowhere.
Details: According to Roderich Kiesewetter, the lawmaker from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, "now that the discussion about Taurus has begun and is still ongoing, Russia is going to further escalation", therefore, he believes, "if we really want to stop this escalation from the Russian Federation, we must use everything that stands in the way of escalating the war".
At the same time, he repudiated the argument that is often put forward against the supply of said missiles, suggesting that this could allegedly lead to an escalation of the war. Kiesewetter stressed that it is Russia, not Ukraine, that is escalating the conflict.
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chair of the Bundestag Defence Committee, said Taurus missiles were "urgently needed by Ukraine". In her opinion, this "is in line with international law, because if Ukraine knows where it is being attacked from, it can deliver preventive strikes to stop the attacks".
"I think the problem is again in the office of the chancellor (Scholz), where they are trying to prevent this issue from coming to the surface," she concluded.
Scholz party co-chair Saskia Esken admitted that her party "has never had red lines in any arms-supply debate" but that Germany is "coordinating closely with the Allies".
With these missiles that have a range of 310 miles, there would be no place in occupied Ukraine the Russians can hide, no trench, no minefield, nowhere.