Soldiers not needed for Taurus deployment in Ukraine: Bundestag refutes Scholz's claim
Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The statement by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the presence of German troops in Ukraine is mandatory for deploying long-range Taurus missiles there is untrue, says the head of the European Committee in the Bundestag, Anton Hofreiter.
He notes that Scholz's claims regarding the Taurus missiles "clearly do not correspond to reality."
As an example, Hofreiter explains that South Korea has 260 Taurus missiles at its disposal, but there are no Bundeswehr soldiers there.
"The chancellor is clearly lying," he adds.
The politician also emphasizes that the rule for Ukrainians to use Western weapons only on their territory "is not necessary according to international law and is actually an absurd condition."
Taurus for Ukraine
Since last year, Ukraine has been asking Germany to start supplying long-range Taurus missiles capable of destroying targets up to 500 kilometers away.
But Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not want to transfer such weapons. As a justification, he claims that German soldiers supposedly must be present to deploy the missiles on Ukrainian territory. Their task could be targeting.
Scholz also fears that if the missiles are "misused," they could strike targets in Moscow.
More details on whether our country will still receive German long-range missiles are in the material of RBC-Ukraine.
