Germany Ready to Send Long-Range Missiles Taurus to Ukraine – MP

The head of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Yehor Cherniev, announced that he received information from German colleagues about the agreement of key Bundestag parliamentary groups to send long-range missiles Taurus to Ukraine.

"My friends from the Bundestag have informed me just now that key parliamentary groups have reached a consensus on transferring long-range missiles Taurus to Ukraine," Cherniev wrote on Facebook.

He added that these missiles have a range of 500 kilometers and can cover all occupied territories, including the southern coast of Crimea.

"We have been working with German parliament members for a long time to form a support group, and now, finally, the ice has broken," emphasised the MP.

He added that he is awaiting an official decision from Germany.

At the end of May, Ukraine officially asked Germany to provide it with Taurus cruise missiles with a range of up to 500 kilometres. However, since then, they have consistently received refusals, despite the UK and France's decision to supply long-range missiles.

Recently, calls on to supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine were finally made from the ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany.