{"id":273974,"date":"2023-10-02T07:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=273974"},"modified":"2023-10-03T06:46:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:46:14","slug":"ukraine-can-use-german-missiles-to-attack-russia-bundestag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=273974","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine can use German missiles to attack Russia \u2013 Bundestag"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT.com \u2013 Oct 1, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Bundestag\u2019s Defense Committee head, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann urged Chancellor Olaf Scholz to give Kiev Taurus rockets<\/p>\n

The head of the Bundestag\u2019s Defense Committee Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann has spoken in favor of providing Ukraine with German-made Taurus cruise missiles. The lawmaker also argued that Kiev has the right to strike targets in Crimea, and on Russian soil in general.<\/p>\n

So far, Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s government has been reluctant to supply the long-range rockets to Kiev, despite its repeated requests.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Berliner Morgenpost newspaper published on Saturday, Strack-Zimmermann argued that Berlin \u201cshould now immediately deliver Taurus,<\/em>\u201d as the deployment of such cruise missiles could help the Ukrainian military disrupt Russian supply lines.<\/p>\n

When asked if she had any issue with Kiev potentially using these rockets to strike targets on Russian soil, the MP replied in the negative, adding that \u201cthat includes Crimea.<\/em>\u201d According to the lawmaker, international law gives Ukraine the right to \u201cattack military targets also on the territory of the Russian aggressor,<\/em>\u201d using any weapons at its disposal, regardless of their origin. The deliberate use of Taurus missiles against civilians would, however, be off-limits, much like the deployment of German troops to Ukraine, Strack-Zimmermann clarified.<\/p>\n

When asked whether she was concerned over the potential cutting of American aid to Kiev should Donald Trump become president next year, the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee acknowledged that, without Washington\u2019s support, the conflict would develop differently. However, she insisted that, if Europe were united in its effort, it could shoulder the burden of supporting Ukraine alone.<\/p>\n

While the UK and France have in recent months provided Ukraine with their respective long-range Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG missiles, the German government has so far been unwilling to follow suit. Explaining this stance, Chancellor Scholz has said that Ukrainian attacks deep into Russian territory could trigger a major escalation. Other German officials have pointed out that the US has yet to make a similar move.<\/p>\n

The Taurus missile carries a 500-kilogram warhead and has a range of about 500 kilometers (300 miles).<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Germany\u2019s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that, while she fully understands Kiev\u2019s desire to get hold of these rockets, such deliveries are \u201cnot something that can be done quickly,<\/em>\u201d as \u201cevery detail has to be worked out beforehand.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia, for its part, has consistently warned the West against supplying arms to Kiev, arguing that it only prolongs this conflict, while also risking a direct confrontation between NATO and Moscow.<\/p>\n

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By degrees the West is moving closer to direct conflict with Russia. With Germany now pondering supplying Ukraine with longer range Taurus cruise missiles, capable of striking Russia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":273979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273974"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273987,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273974\/revisions\/273987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/273979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=273974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=273974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}