EU-Parlamentspräsidentin drängt auf Taurus-Lieferung an Kyjiw
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Die Ukraine erlebt verheerende russische Angriffe – das Land brauche jetzt dringend deutsche Taurus-Marschflugkörper, sagt EU-Parlamentspräsidentin Metsola. Bundeskanzler Scholz lehnt das weiterhin ab. Wächst der Druck auf Berlin?

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The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola called on the German government to finally decide on the delivery of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, as per German weekly Der Spiegel.

Metsola noted that for Ukraine, “time matters”, and Russia is increasing the pressure — there are only more air targets flying over Ukrainian cities.

Ms. Metsola emphasized that Ukraine “cannot wait forever”, and that there is broad support in the European Parliament for such a decision by Germany.

The debate on Taurus flared up again after the United States had lifted long-range restrictions for Ukraine, and in the view of the upcoming early elections in Germany, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been rejecting these claims.

But the upcoming federal election has fuelled the debate: The vice-chancellor and Green leader Robert Habeck had stressed on German TV that he was ready for this, and parts of the opposition saw it as similar. CDU-head Friedrich Merz had already spoken out for Taurus deliveries.

  • Melchior@feddit.orgEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    The main purpose for Taurus is to hit nuclear missile silos. So it is design to be stealthy and accurate with a decent warhead. However that also makes them really expensive. So Germany does not have too many to begin with and most of them are actually needed in case Russia actually might go nuclear.

    For Ukraine it is not a terribly useful system. Striking nuclear missile silos is pretty useless. Most other targets can be more easily served with a more conventional and cheaper Shahed like drone too. It would be better for Germany to deliver licensed built or self developed long range Shahed like drones in large numbers.

    • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Why not both?

      Actually, why not send all the things, and then some?

      This war needs to end, and it needs to end with a complete defeat of putlers hateful regime.

      • Melchior@feddit.orgEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Limited resources. Giving Ukraine Taurus costs time, money and other resources. If those can be better used for another system, then that is the better option.