How Remarks Spiegel, former Christian Democratic Union defense expert Roderich Kiesewetter, has come out in favor of supplying Ukraine with Taurus missiles. According to him, missiles with a range of up to 500 kilometers would make it possible “to strike the Russian military infrastructure well beyond the front line”. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius reacted cautiously to Kiesewetter’s proposal.
By data According to sources from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the possibility of delivering German missiles with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin in early May.
The Taurus cruise missile is launched from a fighter jet and can deliver a 400 kilogram warhead up to 500 kilometers away. According to Spiegel, around 600 Taurus missiles were purchased for the Bundeswehr ten years ago, of which around 150 are ready for operation.
The UK was the first country to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine. In mid-May, Ukraine received Storm Shadow cruise missiles with a range of over 250 kilometers. Prior to this, the Ukrainian army received weapons from the West capable of attacking targets at a distance of up to 80 kilometers.
