Polish foreign minister hopes Scholz will decide on Taurus amid US approval to supply Ukraine with ATACMS missiles
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski hopes that Germany will make a decision to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine following the Biden administration's decision to provide Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles.
Source: Sikorski in an interview with Bild, as reported by European Pravda, citing Spiegel
Details: Sikorski said he hoped the debate within Germany on the possibility of providing Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles would progress and that Chancellor Olaf Scholz would change his mind after the latest developments.
Sikorski noted that the US provision of the much-awaited ATACMS missiles to Ukraine was a reaction to escalation by Russia, something Scholz will recognise and Germany "will do more than it is already doing".
Background:
- Media reports indicated that the United States also hopes that the ATACMS decision for Ukraine will prompt Germany to take a similar step regarding its Taurus cruise missiles.
- This week, Jake Sullivan, US National Security Advisor, confirmed media reports that Ukraine had already received long-range ATACMS missiles as part of a previous military aid package.
