Germany to Stick to its ‘No Taurus Missiles to Ukraine’ Decision – Report

Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not revise his opinion on the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine in the wake of the leaked conversation between high-ranking German military officials, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.

The outlet added that Russia had “turned the tables” on Berlin by publishing the intercepted telephone conversation involving Bundeswehr representatives discussing a potential attack on the Crimea Bridge with the weapons. The bombshell leak, coupled with Olaf Scholz’s acknowledgment that British and French troops are assisting the Ukrainians with firing SCALP and Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles at Russian targets, feeds into Berlin’s Taurus “fiasco,” the German outlet summed up.

Scholz can be expected to stick to his decision, while his “allies” will have increasingly more reason to doubt Germany, it added.