Germany does not intend to grant Ukraine permission to use long-range weapons to attack deep into Russian territory and does not plan to supply Taurus cruise missiles. This was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his return from Kyiv, speaking in the Bundestag.
‘I will continue to do everything to ensure that there is no escalation, no war between Russia and NATO… Therefore, in my opinion, my decisions are invariably correct: we will not allow strikes with dangerous weapons, which we have supplied, deep into Russian territory. The same applies to cruise missiles,’ Scholz said.
Chancellor Scholz reiterated that Germany will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine and such decisions will be agreed with Kyiv. In total, Germany has provided 28 billion euros worth of aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict.
On Monday, German Chancellor Scholz arrived in Kyiv to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During the visit, Scholz announced a new aid package of 650 million euros for Ukraine, including mostly previously promised weapons – Leopard 1 tanks, combat UAVs, and Iris-T SAMs.
In August, German mass media reported that Germany was forced to cut military aid to Ukraine because, according to the current budget planning of the German government, no new funds are now allocated for this purpose. It was specified that already approved deliveries would still be carried out, but additional requests from the German defence ministry would no longer have to be approved, according to an order from the German chancellor. Scholz later assured that Germany would remain the largest donor of aid to Ukraine in Europe.
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