The Ukrainians are once again working with their German and North American allies to deliver longer-range missiles. For their part, the Russians, with a similar goal, are preparing to welcome the North Korean dictator.
During a visit to Kiev, the German foreign minister heard from her counterpart who was angry about Berlin’s delay in making a decision on sending the Taurus missiles to Ukraine. “I don’t understand why we are wasting time. We could have achieved more, we could have saved more lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians if we had already had the Bull,” complained Dmytro Kuleba next to Analena Baerbock. “As with the previous deliveries we have made, all these problems must be resolved,” the German leader limited himself to saying on the subject.
Kiev asked Berlin in May to supply the Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, whose main features have a range of 500 kilometers, the ability to evade radar due to the ability to fly at low altitude (30 to 70 meters) and a great precision. But Chancellor Olaf Scholz has resisted – just as he did when he made the decision on the Leopard 2 battle tanks.
According to German media reports, the Social Democrat feared that the missile would be used to attack Russian territory and even asked for the range of the Taurus to be delivered to be reduced. As far as we know, Germany will have hundreds of units in storage.
Without the ability to question Russia’s air superiority, Kiev wants these types of weapons to be able to reach logistics and command centers, as well as infrastructures that it currently cannot reach in the occupied territory, be it in the Donbass. or in Crimea.. This was conveyed during a meeting between the Ukrainian President and Minister Baerbock, during her fourth visit to the Ukrainian capital.
Volodymyr Zelensky also plans to once again put pressure on the US President regarding ATACMS ballistic missiles (depending on the model, they reach ranges from 130 to 300 kilometers). In February, Washington rejected this claim, claiming there were only a few units in stock that had to be given up. “I hope to receive them in the fall. It is very important for us not to pause in this counter-offensive,” he said in an interview with CNN, days after ABC News, citing senior US officials, announced the sending of the missiles had reported.
Moscow and Pyongyang have confirmed that Kim Jong-un is heading to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin. The exchange of North Korean ammunition and missiles for Russian technology for nuclear submarines and satellites, as well as for food, will be up for discussion.
Source: DN
