Scholz's refusal to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine divides the German government. The chancellor defends that the shipment of this long-range weaponry increases the risk that Germany will be dragged into the war.
Germany has been immersed in a debate for months about where to set the limits of aid to Ukraine amid fears that the shipments would end up triggering an open war with Russia. For Scholz, the risk of Germany being dragged into war is “too great” and he recalled that what Ukraine currently needs is, above all, ammunition.