German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has never discussed the delivery of Taurus long-range missiles with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, even during a recent phone conversation. This was reported by Bild, according to UNN .
According to Bild, the chancellor discussed the Taurus delivery with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO allies, including US President Joe Biden.
Earlier, Olaf Scholz had repeatedly stated that he continued to block the supply of German long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine in order to avoid escalation and not to turn Germany into a party to the conflict. According to Bild's sources, the chancellor repeated this position at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. According to him, the Taurus can fly to Moscow and hit targets there with an accuracy of “the upper right window.
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The German opposition criticizes Scholz for refusing to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles. The CDU/CSU and Green candidates for chancellor, Friedrich Merz and Robert Habeck, said they would send the missiles to Kyiv if they were in charge of the government.
According to Bild, the chancellor was furious when Merz said he would give Putin an ultimatum: either stop strikes on Ukraine or deliver the Taurus. According to Scholz, a non-nuclear weapon state cannot issue ultimatums to a nuclear weapon state.