cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/42162217
Germany is moving toward providing Ukraine with new long-range strike capabilities, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirming that technical consultations with Kyiv have been underway for months and are now approaching completion.
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Speaking at a press conference in Berlin, Merz said the government has agreed in principle to supply long-range missile systems to bolster Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian forces far behind the front line. He declined to reveal how many systems are being prepared or when they will arrive, framing the secrecy as a deliberate strategy.
“The Ukrainian army will be equipped with these weapons systems,” Merz said. But he added that Germany will not publicly outline timelines or quantities, arguing that “a degree of ambiguity is necessary, especially for the Russian side” to complicate Moscow’s efforts to gauge Ukraine’s battlefield reach.
Then you shouldn’t have announced it, you nitwit. Should’ve let them find out when the missile went through Putin’s window.
Out of Germany, Merz is a good chancellor. Yup.
Except he promised Taurus before and walked back his statements as soon as the campaigning was over. I trust this promise as much as anything else from his mouth.
Yes, that guy is a pathological liar. (even worse worse than the usual politicians) If he says “the sun is shining”, better bring a flashlight and an umbrella, because it actually is most likely midnight and a raging rainstorm.
I wouldn’t trust him any further than I can throw the Kanzleramt.
I suggest a making that sort of announcement after the missile delivery has already been made. Perhaps even some time after the launch. But hey, I’m not a high level military strategist, so what do I know.
Merz isn’t either, he’s just an off the shelf corrupt lobbyist with some (clumsy) populist tendecies.
