Germany cannot decide on supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has not decided whether Germany will supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

He stated this in an interview with the German media outlet ZDF.

"As before, the federal government will very carefully examine each individual decision — what is happening, what makes sense, and what Germany's contribution could be," Scholz said.

Earlier, a number of German media outlets published reports that the government was considering technical restrictions on Taurus missiles to prevent them from reaching Russia.

Christian Democratic Union's deputy Roderich Kiesewetter told Tagesshau that "technical modifications to the Taurus would only lead to further delays and make no sense."

The restrictions were also criticised by the Chair of the Bundestag Defence Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.

"Ukraine needs German cruise missiles in order to be able to attack purely military positions in Russia, from where attacks on Ukraine are constantly being carried out," said Strack-Zimmermann.

The representative of The Greens insisted on "unlimited" supplies of missiles to Ukraine.

"Ukraine should receive what we would use ourselves if we had to defend ourselves or NATO," Sara Nanni told the t-online media outlet.

Free Democratic Party's member Marcus Faber said that Scholz insisted on technical target programming (to limit the range of attacks — ed.), despite the fact that Ukrainians have always adhered to agreements to use Western weapons only on their own territory.

"You wouldn't risk the trust of your Western allies," said Faber.

It will be recalled that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Germany and the United States to provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus and ATACMS missiles.