German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday ruled out arming Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles if German soldiers needed to be involved to help operate them.
"... you cannot deliver a weapons system that has a very wide reach and then not think about how control over the weapons system can take place,” he said at a school function.
“And if you want to have control and it's only possible if German soldiers are involved, that's out of the question for me.”
Germany's Scholz rules out Taurus missile deliveries if German soldiers involved
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday ruled out arming Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles if German soldiers needed to be involved to help operate them.
"... you cannot deliver a weapons system that has a very wide reach and then not think about how control over the weapons system can take place,” he said at a school function.
“And if you want to have control and it's only possible if German soldiers are involved, that's out of the question for me.”
Kremlin says German recording shows intent to strike Russia, asks whether Scholz in charge
Germany has so far resisted sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine, wary of being sucked into a direct confrontation with Russia. The issue escalated after Russian media on Friday published a 38-minute recording of a call in which German officers were heard discussing weapons for Ukraine and a potential strike by Kyiv on a bridge in Crimea.
Reuters
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