At the heart of the debate between France and Germany over the war in Ukraine, the long-range Taurus missile has become a symbol.
Like its French cousins Scalp and British Storm Shadow, which are already in Ukraine, it could shake the Kerch bridge built by the Kremlin after the annexation of Crimea to connect Russia to the peninsula.
And thereby weaken the Russian military system in the region and the power of Vladimir Putin.
Is this why Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing it to Volodymyr Zelensky, despite pressure from his opposition and even part of his coalition?
Like that of the Mistral, the warships that Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to sell to Russia or like the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Germany and Russia that Chancellor Angela Merkel refused to give up, this symbol delves into the political backstage of the relationship with Moscow.
At the heart of the conversation between German generals which was listened to and broadcast by the Russians…
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