.FOR MONTHS Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, has withstood domestic and international stress to supply Ukraine with German-made Taurus cruise missiles, an accurate, long-range munition. Desperate to assist a progressively beleaguered Ukraine, some allies have actually created ingenious plans to help alter Germany’s mind. David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary, has actually suggested his openness to a strategy that would certainly view Germany send out Taurus rockets to Britain, hence enabling Britain to deliver even more of its own Tornado Vestige trip rockets to Ukraine.
Yet Mr Scholz rejects to move. What are Taurus missiles– and why is actually the German federal government so unwilling to send them to Ukraine?