Trump is categorically against strikes deep into Russia, but the Biden team thinks it gives an advantage to Ukraine. US President-Elect Donald Trump is categorically against launching strikes deep into Russian territory. He said that such strikes are escalating the war and making it worse. “This should not hav... #DmytriyPeskov #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
A German chancellor candidate and the Estonian Prime Minister arrive in Kyiv; Merz supports providing the Taurus to Ukraine. The German chancellor candidate from the CDU/CSU, Friedrich Merz, said during a meeting with President Zelenskyy in Kyiv that he supports the provision of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. The pr... #DenysShmyhal #Estonia #FriedrichMerz #KristenMichal #SecurityGuarantees #TaurusMissile #WarEnding
While in Kyiv, Olaf Scholz promised Ukraine a €650M military aid package. The defense equipment will arrive by the end of this year, said the German chancellor, who arrived in Kyiv on December 2. Kyiv will receive IRIS-T air defense systems, Patriot launchers, 10 Leopard 1A... #Germany #Helsing #MilitaryAid #OlafScholz #PatriotMissiles #TaurusMissile #Zelenskyy
The European Parliament calls for Ukraine to be provided with Taurus missiles and additional Patriot systems amid the war’s new phase. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on strengthening the EU’s unwavering support for Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s aggressive war, in which it strongly criticizes ... #EuropeanParliament #MilitaryAid #PatriotSystems #SanctionsAgainstRussia #SupportUkraine #TaurusMissile
Borrell: The EU has failed to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to counter Russia. EU has struggled to make progress this year on a fair settlement of the war against Ukraine, said EU High Representative Josep Borrell. He recalled that this year, the EU had allocated €122B in aid to... #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAid #RobertHabeck #SupportUkraine #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
The head of the European Parliament calls on Germany to transfer the Taurus to Ukraine as the Bundestag continues to debate. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, called on the German government to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine in response to Russian aggression, as the Kremlin’s escalation o... #FriedrichMerz #JASSM #JeanNoëlBarrot #LongRangeMissiles #RobertaMetsola #TaurusMissile
The US is providing a $275M military aid package, Denmark is preparing additional F-16s, and the German parliament is reviewing its Taurus authorization. US President Joe Biden approved the supply of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. The decision is a radical change in his policy and comes in response to the intensification of the Russian offensive in t... #Denmark #F16 #HIMARSartillery #Javelin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #TaurusMissile
Scholz rules out a country at war joining NATO and speaks of peace. The German chancellor does not see a possibility for inviting Ukraine to NATO right now – in his opinion, a country in a state of war “unequivocally cannot become a member” of the Alliance... #NATO #NATOexpansion #OlafScholz #PeaceInUkraine #SecurityGuarantees #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
The German opposition supports the transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine and expects Russia to attack NATO by 2030. The Leader of the Opposition and a candidate for Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, expressed his readiness to support the provision of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. “If the ... #FriedrichMerz #Germany #LongRangeMissiles #NATO #RussianAggression #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Germany and Kazakhstan discuss ways to achieve peace in Ukraine. The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, during a meeting with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz on September 16 in Astana, stated: “The possibility of achieving peace still exists. I... #KassymJomartTokayev #OlafScholz #PeacePlan #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Ukraine secretly received long-range ATACMS and used them last week, while Scholz once again has refused to provide Taurus missiles. A few weeks ago, the US secretly supplied Kyiv with long-range ATACMS, and last week, Ukraine used them for the first time, the AP writes. The missiles were included in the $300M military aid package ... #ATACMS #CrimeaAttack #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Scholz is under pressure to provide Taurus missiles to Ukraine after the approval of US aid. The head of the defense committee in the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, is calling on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles following the approval... #ATACMS #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #RadosławSikorski #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Denmark will send $337M in aid, and the Czech Republic has found money to purchase an additional 200,000 artillery shells for Ukraine; what else are Ukraine’s allies preparing? The Danish government announced a new $337M (DKK 2.3B) military aid package for Ukraine. The package contains CAESAR self-propelled artillery systems and ammunition. Meanwhile, Poland announced the 45... #AmmunitionForUkraine #CaesarHowitzers #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PetrFiala #RadosławSikorski #TaurusMissile
Britain has found a way to provide more long-range missiles to Ukraine. British Foreign Minister David Cameron proposed that Germany exchange its Taurus missiles for British Storm Shadow missiles in order to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons. “We are ready to ... #AntonHofreiter #DavidCameron #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #StormShadow #TaurusMissile
What military aid does Ukraine expect from its partners? The Canadian government has asked the parliament to allocate CAD 250M ($192M) for military assistance to Ukraine. In addition, Canada’s Defense Minister Bill Blair announced that his country wil... #BillBlair #CRV7 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Britain is providing Ukraine with additional self-guided missiles, and Germany is one step closer to transferring long-range weapons. Defense Minister Grant Shapps said the British government has prepared 200 Brimstone self-guided missiles for Ukraine’s armed forces. “These missiles have previously had a significant impa... #Brimstone #Bundestag #GrantShapps #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
Berlin and Kyiv are close to agreeing on security guarantees, and London has offered to exchange Storm Shadows for German Taurus cruise missiles. Germany and Ukraine are close to agreeing on security guarantees, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a joint press conference with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Berlin. Meanwhile, the UK off... #Bundestag #OlafScholz #RobertFico #SecurityGuarantees #StormShadow #TaurusMissile
Taurus missiles would help protect civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, but Germany continues to stall. Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavryliuk said: “These missiles can hit otherwise inaccessible locations that contain enemy aircraft, missile complexes, and ammunition depots. It also... #GermanyMilitaryAid #JohannesArlt #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
The Bundestag calls for the transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine and the authorization of strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. Greens defense spokeswoman Sara Nanni said, “The most effective defense against Russian airstrikes is to fire at targets in Russian territory and in the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, ... #LongRangeMissiles #RoderichKiesewetter #SaraNanni #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany has postponed delivery of long-range missiles to Ukraine due to fear of escalation. Some German officials fear that this could bring Berlin closer to a direct confrontation with Russia, writes the WSJ. “German officials said Germany’s coalition government had approved the... #GermanyWeapons #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Germany might provide Ukraine with Taurus rockets after the US sends ATACMS, and Britain promises to train 30,000 Ukrainian fighters by the end of the year. As BILD writes, the German government has been discussing the possibility of supplying Ukraine with long-range German Taurus cruise missiles for several months, and the US decision to send ATACMS miss... #ATACMS #GrantShapps #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine is closer to receiving ATACMS and Taurus long-range missiles. Thus, WSJ sources in the Biden administration reported that the possibility of providing a limited number of these weapons is being considered, which could reduce the Pentagon’s concerns about t... #ATACMS #LongRangeMissiles #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Berlin is working on transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, and Estonia is providing small arms. The German chancellor’s office is coordinating with the US on the missile transfer issue. According to T-online, the German Air Force has already approved the transfer of the missiles, which hav... #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
A few German politicians insist on providing Ukraine with Taurus missiles. Several influential politicians from the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which is part of the ruling coalition, called on the German government to provide long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, th... #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #TaurusMissile #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
German politicians from the opposition and coalition parties call on their government to supply cruise missiles to Ukraine. Berlin should “immediately” provide long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv, said Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He noted ... #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #MarkusFaber #RoderichKiesewetter #TaurusMissile
Germany may join the missile alliance and provide Ukraine with its Storm Shadow analogs. As the German media outlet RND writes, Fabian Hoffmann, a missile expert from the University of Oslo, confirmed Ukraine’s “relatively significant success” with the British Storm Shad... #LongRangeMissiles #RoderichKiesewetter #StormShadow #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
