Britain offers help to Germany to overcome differences and provide long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
What Britain is offering Germany regarding Taurus missiles
As the British Foreign Minister David Cameron said, Britain is determined to work closely with our German partners in all matters to help Ukraine.
Cameron explained that a possible ring exchange is allowed. For example, Germany will transfer Taurus missiles to Britain, and London, in turn, will provide Ukraine with additional Storm Shadow missiles.
We are ready to consider all options to achieve the maximum effect for Ukraine... But will not give any details and will not tell our opponents what we are planning.
David Cameron
British Foreign Minister
Cameron dismissed fears that the cruise missile transfer could lead to escalation.
It is absolutely possible to set limits on the use of these weapons to ensure that they do not contribute to escalation in any way, he said, adding that Britain trusts Ukraine's assurances.
Taurus for Ukraine: what is known
Since last year, Ukraine has been asking Germany to start supplying long-range Taurus missiles, which are capable of destroying targets at a distance of up to 500 kilometers.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is one of the main opponents of the transfer of these weapons to Kyiv. At the same time, Germany refuses under various pretexts. In particular, one of the theses is the fear of possible attacks by Kyiv on the territory of Russia.
Scholz goes on to state that this would allegedly mean that Germany would become a party to the war with Russia.
Germany cannot give Ukraine a weapon with a range of 500 km, which, if used incorrectly, can reach the target in Moscow, Olaf Scholz noted.
According to him, what official London and Paris do in terms of target control and accompanying target control cannot be done in Germany.
Earlier, Britain and France provided Ukraine with Storm Shadow and Scalp long-range missiles. It is also known that the USA handed our soldiers missiles with a range of up to 165 kilometers. These are ATACMS long-range missiles.
