Merz calls for supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine

Leader of the CDU/CSU bloc that won the German parliamentary elections and candidate for the post of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Germany should supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

"I have always said that I would do this, but only in agreement with European partners," he said on the ARD TV channel.

According to him, "the United States supplies [weapons], France supplies, Great Britain supplies, we should also supply [them]."

The future German Chancellor believes that the supplies should be agreed upon and, if this is done, "Germany should take part in them."

Before the elections on February 23, Merz announced his intention to change Berlin's policy regarding the supply of long-range Taurus missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The range of the Taurus missiles is about 500 kilometers, under certain conditions.