The future Chancellor of Germany confirmed his readiness to send Taurus to Ukraine

The leader of the Christian Democratic Union party and future Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, confirmed that he supports the transfer of Taurus long-range missiles to the Ukrainian military.

This is reported by the German broadcaster ZDF.

The politician emphasized that other allies are already supplying cruise missiles to Ukraine.

"The British, the French do it, the Americans do it anyway. I have always said that I will do it [transfer Taurus] only in coordination with European partners."

Merz is convinced that defense supplies of states should be coordinated, and in this case, Berlin should participate in them.

"The Ukrainian army must move out of a defensive position. Over the past three years, it has only been able to react and must be able to determine some of these events itself," the future Chancellor of Germany added.

In his opinion, the target for strikes could be the land connection between Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea — the peninsula stores a large part of the military supplies for the Russian army.

During his inaugural visit to the United States as the new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz wants to talk to President Donald Trump — among other things, about Ukraine.

• Taurus is a German guided missile with a range of up to 500 kilometers and a warhead of 500 kilograms. It is an analogue of the British Storm Shadow and the French SCALP-EG, which are already used by the Ukrainian aviation.

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