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- Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Berlin will not supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles. Scholz cited the missiles' extreme range, and the fact that it would not be possible for Germany to remotely monitor target control. Taurus missiles can hit targets up to 500 kilometers away. Scholz said the missiles' deployment could increase the risk of Germany becoming involved in the war.
0:00 Chancellor Scholz says “No” to German delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine
0:36 Analysis by Nina Haase, DW Chief Political Correspondent in Berlin
3:23 Analysis by Nick Connolly, DW Ukraine Correspondent in Kyiv
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What's with this guy? He makes speeches about the need for the rest of Europe to step up military aid to Ukraine, but when it's Germany's turn, he blocks it.
Far sighted thinking may be... what if Russia fires nukes out of desperation ?!
So give Vlad all he wants because he threatens nuclear war? What a great strategy.@@anandsivadoss
He's very cautious, to avoid escalation, germany isn't far away from Russia and could easily be in line of fire if Russia presses button.
Germany/Russia: from cooperation to confrontation...Germany is today governed by the worst elite ever....
@@derwolfpack3599 For the simple reason that if Russia opted for nuclear war then it would certainly win on points. Is it that hard to understand?
Hypocrisy and cowardice
Cowardice yes, but stop talking about hypocrisy at every turn. The amount of hypocrisy being put up in words is the same as the many other labels like Karen. One day there was 1 Karen. And then since that day 1 million Karens. Stop using nonsense. Germany is the 3rd economy on earth. EVEN when I also see it as some form of cowardice, don't come acting as if everything is hypocrisy.
Show us how to be brave by directly going to the Frontlines
Cyber warrior here is very brave 😂
We crave for cheap Russian gas, but Germans are screwed in so many ways, starting by our vanishing population, mid-last-century technological focus, our lack of nuclear energy, lack of an army, increased dependence on immigrant labor, the cost of our pension system that cannot be sustained by the declining population, we are just the carcass of a great country that lacked visionary leadership. I don’t know how the situation can be disentangled in Deutschland, really we are in a multi-front challenge. If we give the misiles we just don’t have the funds there to replenish them given the huge fiscal holes.
Germany does not want to mess more with Russia in this Anglo-saxons proxy war against Russia....
The only thing you'll get from avoiding "escalation" with Putin, is his sincere thanks.
No, you'll get normal relations, trade, cooperation.
Previuos policy of pushing and getting NATO bases closer gave you this war.
.. as he escalates further anyways xD appeasers will never learn I guess
Yet Russia has no qualms using long range weapons in Ukraine. How did Europe be so negligent on its security. It could have sold them to another country who will do it
@@adamtim99 What is the logic in your saying??? P fights for 2 years and stands in the east of Ukraine...
@@skywillfindyou Those are things that will get decades to normalize. Nobody trusts Russia anymore even if the regime changed into a favorable one. There has been too much risk for a business in being nationalized or forced to not leave the country, if the company ever wanted to. So it's completely worthless to think about such things at the moment.
Pls..this is total STUPIDITY.."lets not send arms to Ukraine to fight Russia but instead we gonna use them at home against Russia"..what a idiotic "logic"
Germany convinced now that this war ends with negotiations or with the use of nukes...
@@bobgonzales9680 It will end with negotiations ...
Wake up. Ukraine has already lost the war.
@@Decoy0527 tsrget russian nucleae reqctors now??!!??!!?!
@@Decoy0527 Then why don't you trying marching down the street in Kyiv, comrade?
Saddening; like the Russians would actually do anything to Germany if they were delivered, a lame excuse.
They already done. German economy is plummeting.
@@IosephusVarisque Whatever you say Vlad...
@@politicallyincorrect4452 Well, you can see these numbers even as a Biden's puppet.
@@IosephusVarisque Plummeting? It’s a budget deficit, not a depression.
Russia can obliterate Germany from the planet and if you think America would risk the same you are delusional
Guys, isn't it time to get a chancellor with an actual backbone already?
Nobody needs a "backbone" chancellor of Your thinking. Politicians have to make peace and not war !
@@eddastrohmayer251 I hope you are addressing this to Putin!
@@alexanderr.5066 the chief of the MunichSecurityConference says that there will be an outcome "something like Minsk".
spam troll
@@eddastrohmayer2511. Putin is not negotiating, as he believes he is winning. 2. Minsk was broken by the Russians, like so many other treaties. There is no security with such an unreliable leadership
We have to consider the possibility that Putin knows something about him.
Putin has dirt on every politician in the world, and he uses it to control other governments as much as possible. Some politicians call Putin's bluff by making decisions to support Ukraine, regardless of the risks...and, some politicians choose to protect their reputation over the well-being of more than 40 million Ukrainian men, women & chiildren. (..all of this applies to journalists, and other influential individuals in 'the West'...)
Germany does not want to mess more with Russia in this Anglo-saxons proxy war against Russia....
Yes. He's weak and he can't risk to stand face to face with might force of Russia and it's a wise decision
consider the possibility? ofc he does. russian intelligence is not half bad when it comes to stuff like this
He was a member of the "Gas-Gerd-Connection"...
As German I have too apologies that in this critical time in history we have the worst chancellor of all time.
Even worse than eager-to-serve Gazprom's poodle Schroder??
Well you should be happy at least he still some sense of rational. Negotiation is needed rather than more weapon for this already meaningless war
He supports Gaza genocide so yes, I agree with you.
@@rs1357Unfortunately it takes two to tango and Putin is refusing any negotiations, unless he get's everything he demands.
You do, he looked away when the US committed the biggest ecological terrorism in the 21st century by blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline releasing huge amounts of C02 into the environment.
shame.
Germany convinced now that this war ends with negotiations or with the use of nukes...
Spam troll
Shame on all who want escalation!
What a Jerk😮
whole west decided to stop supporting ukraine like a year ago
@@SD-vp5vo Well, guess we:ll all have to keep our mouths shut when Putin's dogs take over sloppy, lazy govts.
If hes a jerk then what are you?😂
@@SD-vp5voyet west has still been sending in tanks, ammo, weapons, etc and soon F-16.
Says the person whose president can't remember the names of the persons he spoke with lately
If our intelligence services have information presented to him that makes him believe that we would be attacked by Russia if providing them to Ukraine (totally fine by international law without becoming a party in the war) that needs to be declassified and policies in both Germany, E.U. and Nato need to change a lot. I doubt that is the case. There needs to be more information on this.
Many times kremlin's "red lines" were trespassed, so what followed aside fron curses of UN's russian rep? NOTHING.
SCALP/storm shadow has the same range and capability of taurus. and it was sent like a year ago.
The Kremlin' "red lines" have already trespassed many times. So what followed apart from angry words??
The so called "red lines" of Moskau were trespassed multiple times already. So what followed aside from words?
Russia would not actually attack any western country but the western countries do have alot of military bases around the world especially the US and you better believe Russia would provide a weapon capable of targeting those bases to whoever the enemy is. Isn't that concerning!!!?! 😟
One could also argue that Ukraine not getting weapons to push Russia out could increase the risk of Germany getting involved ion the war.
😂😂😂. Only one of the two things can be true .
Russia can fight Nato countries.
Russian military nd weapons r too weak for Nato counterparts.
Both cant be true at the same time😂😂😂
@@offred6013 You have a VERY simplified view of this.
* A war can spread... a Russian missile hitting a US plane, or flying into Poland, could trigger NATO to respond, first maybe with a very limited responds (sinking a ship)... which then could accelerate to a counter-response and go out of hands.
- such responses are not always calculations based upon how weak someone is.
Palestinians attacked Israel that is 50 times stronger than them, and now they are beaten up - the question was never: "Either Palestinian HAMAS can fight Israel, or HAMAS is too weak for Israel"... one is true, and a war still started.
Wars don´t start by logical conclusions... Russia is the BIGGEST country in the world... so big that they can´t handle it... regions in the east are poor, and instead of putting money there to develop and create infrastructure, they chose war, and to keep their people poor.
Is a terrorist organization stronger than the US? No, but they could also start a war, not because they will win, but in their wicked minds they can cause damage while dying.
Just like a terrorist group, Russia could not win the NATO, but it could cause enormous damage.
So look at your claim
A) Russia can fight
B) Their weapons are too weak
- holds already true for HAMAS, who can fight and is all too weak. Houthis can fight but were all too weak, Iraq could fight but was all too weak, IS could fight but was all too weak....
Russia even with it´s weak weapons is the largest army in the world, Ukraine is somewhere at nr 32 -34.
Russia is in WAR mode = companies can be forced to produce war material (shells), they shell some ~7-8 times more shells than Ukraine, they can triple the amount of soldiers, while Ukraine would have a harder time for that- and still - they can hold about 20% of the country after fighting for over 700 days.
@@offred6013They weren't talking about weapon system comparisons in the comment but that if Ukraine falls it starts a probable timer down to WW3 and Germany won't be able to remain neutral on that.
@@Crmson117 if ukraine falls then russia will invade mato country is a false assumption made by west as an excuse to use Ukraine
Maybe Germany could send some shovels and washing machines...
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Cushions
at least we can build some unlike you
@@Highskill3r you would not say that with a war ravaging your country. instead, you would be begging for the same help Ukraine is asking. and be told "no".
Helmets..hahaha..and was for real
1937-1939 is being repeated. Lessons not learned. Appeasement of Aggressor will only fuel aggressor's willingless to push harder.
So why does not Britain and US send troops to Ukraine ?
Everything is Munich 1938 with you people. Don't you have any other historical analogies?
t is the United States, along with some of its Western allies, that has stood in the way of peace talks. This was true of talks between Russia and Ukraine that took place in March 2022, one month after the Russian SMO, and it is true of talks that Russia tried to initiate with the U.S. as recently as January 2024. In March 2022, Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Turkey and negotiated a peace agreement that should have ended the conflict. Under that agreement, Ukraine would become a neutral country between east and west, on the model of Austria or Switzerland, giving up its controversial ambition for NATO membership. Territorial questions over Crimea and the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk would be resolved peacefully, based on self-determination for the people of those regions.
But then the U.S. and U.K. intervened to persuade Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to abandon the neutrality agreement in favor of a long war aimed at driving Russia out of Ukraine and recovering Crimea and Donbas by force. U.S. and British leaders have never admitted to their own people what they did, nor tried to explain why they did it.
The U.S. sabotage of peace talks should come as no surprise. So much of American foreign policy follows what should by now be an easily recognizable and predictable pattern, in which U.S. leaders systematically lie to us about their decisions and actions in crisis situations. By the time the truth is widely known, it is often too late to reverse the catastrophic effects of those decisions. Thousands of people have paid with their lives, no one is held accountable, and the world’s attention has moved on to the next crisis, the next series of lies and the next bloodbath, which in this case is Gaza.
U.S. and NATO leaders have repeated ad nauseam that they are arming Ukraine to put it in a stronger position at the “negotiating table,” even as they keep rejecting negotiations.
U.S. war policy in Ukraine is predicated on just such a gradual escalation from proxy war to full-scale war between Russia and the United States, which is unavoidably overshadowed by the risk of nuclear war. This has not changed in two years, and it will not change unless and until NATO leaders take a radically different approach. That would involve serious diplomacy to end the conflict on terms on which Russia and Ukraine can agree, as they did on the March 2022 neutrality agreement.
@@riversidegardenradio9070 Your essay has been debunked by Uncle Vlad and his favorite lapdog Meddie themselves. More than once. Nice try but doesn't work outside your own fandom.
it is not, and people saying such drivel should grow up and make a real argument.
Come on Chancellor when will you take this situation seriously? When Putins troops are at your border??
When will you finally show us how brave you are by going straight to the Frontline?
Your delusions don't make for good policy.
@@760HorsePower Kremlin is sending more and more IT people to the frontlines because there is not enough measurable effect from bots. It's just a matter of time.
@@univeropa3363 20 days in Mariupol documentary you should see, to realise what you are supporting.
@@760HorsePowerunlike you there are already brave and well-trained ukrainian men and women fighting for freedom at the frontline and we can only support them with the tools they need.
Truly the "Chamberlain" of our time.
Wow....
no he's scholZ...
Yup.
Absolute coward
He's a greedy coward, but Trump and the republican party are a far greater threat. They actively support russia. If they win the election, it will be the end of the world as we know it.
They said they wouldn't supply Ukraine with ATACMS but it turned out that not only were they gonna supply them but they were already in Ukraine so I wouldn't be surprised if the Taurus is already in Ukraine and we see a strike on the kerch bridge
Himars, Atacams, were destroyed by the Russians. Like the Leopards and Challengers. The Germans don't want to give the Taurus because they know the Russians will destroy them.
Two different countries. Keep cope alive tho...😂
@@johnadam2885 hahahaha tatatatat.
ATACMS is an American weapon.
Not worth it...Ukraine consuming too much but producing nothing militarily speaking...And Russia may try to end this war abruptly using nukes...
Nein, Germany, nein
I think it is because Taurus missile would be going straight into the Kerch bridge.
Ukraine has been wanting to drag NATO openly onto the battlefield from day one, because they reasoned that the more NATO is openly and unavoidably part of the war, the more Ukraine will be treated as a de facto NATO member themselves, and the stronger a position they will get within NATO. Both Reznikov, Zelensky and Kuleba have been pumping the line that "you know, we already ARE a NATO member in all but name", "We are fighting YOUR war - if we fail, then you're all next!" etc etc for two years.
Of course UA wouldn't last for even two months without the massive inflow of weapons, intelligence, money and open and covert support from the West, but NATO has been trying to maintain some control (deciding power) of what and how they would be sending stuff to keep on arming Ukraine, Kiev wants all the doors to the magazines flung open for them, so they can pick all the really heavy gear, as much as they like.
For Youkrain drama , Germany lost ~ 740 billion .
Sad for the people.
If Russia was a good neighbour and not a bully, this nonsense would not have happened.
One of the few wise decisions made by Scholz since he has been Chancellor.
"Wise" and seeing your avatar picture next to each other on the screen makes my eyes hurt, ouch!
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Oh Now Germany is afraid of Russia lol
Everyone is afraid that is why 54 countries have to Unite to take on 3 countries.
they don't want 1945 berlin situation again lol
It didn’t turn out well for mustache man 😅
@@expectation0 As if, Russia can't even get past Donbas. 🤣
@@hb9145 it took them only 3 years to turn Germany to Russia last time so wait 😂
Germany 🇩🇪 grow a pair my brother smh
Says the guy from other side of Atlantic.
The thing Olaf is afraid of is escalation…
Somebody threatening this guy, or what?
That is just one of the reasons why I as a social democrat will not vote the "social democratic party" next election.
Well, you can bet he won't veto anything when tanks arrive at his doorstep.
I don't get how they say that Germany don't like to be part of this war, when they already supplied lots and lots of military equipment's! Funny🙃🙃🙃
not lots...token amount.....
Not enough in accordance to trump i guesd
Germany certainly said it would send a lot. Still waiting to see if more than helmets and gear they sold to other people shows up.
Scholtz you need to step up!
More game changers 🤣🤣🤣
game changer troll
lots of angry nato bots barking 🤗
I only see some Chihuahuas...........
When will Europeans finally wake up and accept responsibility for their own security? Depending on the US while you dawdle and drag your feet is a losing strategy.
Scholz is overwhelmed by the situation and deeply insecure. He should step down.
A pretty "cowardly..." decision by Olaf, which is also irrational!
Neither cowardly nor irrational! His job is not to escalate war but to make peace.
Stick to your job and don't tell others how to do their job.
@@thorn6809 I do not have to tell Scholz what he has to do, his decision not to send Taurus tells me that he is on the right way.
Really, any thought for the "100 000s" of innocent people slaughtered in Ukraine?
The "children" raped and tortured to death in front of their parents?@@eddastrohmayer251
And is "your" job leaving people to be murdered on mass?
Children raped and tortured to death in front of their parents as Zelensky spoke of?
All I'm hear from you is selfishly and cowardly, "me, me, me and me...?"
Even in the face of extreme suffering from others. @@thorn6809
Why Germany is very much afraid of supporting Ukraine??
Germany, all mouth and no action…😮
And that explains everything.
Hipocricy out of oroportions
It explains thinking before talking (and doing) .
It's to late, Russian will never forget Germans part in this war
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@@261moki hehehe, they probably will... it's all about money 😂
How can you not respect Germany’s decision based on the reasons provided? Germany is supporting the effort in other ways.
No rational westerner wants to escalate this debacle because of Putin. Besides, it is a complex issue that will have to end with a treaty or the complete subjugation of Ukraine.
Just think if the world didn't help Germany when they needed help ? Where is your backbone Germany?
It is simple. His goal is to make sure what is happening in Ukraine stays in Ukraine 😂.
no, he's counting on the countries to the east provide a buffer, just like Russia wants.
@@icu17siberia Is something bad about a neutral Ukraine which could live in peace and join EU?
Putin says thank you, Germany!
Too bad Scholtz was not Chancellor of Germany in 1939, WWII would have ended in five minutes. Germany at first only sent helmets to Ukraine. When Poland wanted to give Leopard tanks early on in the conflict, Germany disallowed the move. Now, long range missiles are a problem. Germany says she supports Ukraine, but keeps being a stumbling block when it comes to provide support. What is exactly going on here?
Germany also refused to relocate a Patriot system to Ukraine, when there were no such systems in Ukraine in November 2022, and Poland proposed to do so.
@@gambarimas Patriot is a US system. At first the USA did not want to give Ukraine those. The technology of a Patriot is very advanced. I would have never ever thought it possible for the USA to allow it. Similarly, I never thought the USA would allow HIMARS, M270, MARS, etc to be given.
Well, Good work... I will never vote for SPD again. It seems I was one of the last men standing trying to support you.
same here
Same. We need a leader not coward as chancellor.
@@Shaddarhim If you need a military (!) leader you should emigrate to an Arab country, North Corea etc
Fortunately Germany has left the warrior- thinking long time behind !
@@JameleleFortunately Germany has left the warrior- thinking left behind...
@@eddastrohmayer251 Helping allies =/= warrior thinking.
Not good...
Germany is hedging their bets. They now see that Ukraine can’t win. Sooner or later there will be a reset with Russia. So they don’t want to anger Russia. It’s a smart move!
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Rubbish!
So this is what a russian bot looks like... fascinating :)
@@florianullbrich4924 no this is called political analysis. Why anyone that sees reality is a bot?
@@florianullbrich4924 Why aren't you fighting for Ukraine at this moment, puppet?
Un veto it
Shame on you, Scholz! 😡
Shame on all who want escalation!
If Scholz talks to Putin on the phone, he will probably wet himself.
Taurus cruise missile-> span of Kerch bridge falls -> Crimea falls -> putin falls
62% of German citizens not only support arms deliveries, they also want to provide more support.
As a German citizen, I demand that my government send Ukrainians everything they need to defend their country.
Stick with Mette Frederikson, the Danes are sending all the artillery and ammunition they have.
Great thanks to our danish and swedish friends for the help. ;)
It is now well above 70% in more recent polls! We are willing to take the risk but our chancellor is a coward!
Du wirst den Krieg bald in Deutschland haben, dann wirst du von deinen Forderungen, alles geben zu wollen, nichts mehr wissen wollen. Taurus darf auf keinen Fall an die Ukraine gegeben werden, dass ist eine weitreichende Waffe, die direkt in Russland eingesetzt werden könnte und das mit unseren Codes und damit wären wir mitbeteiligt. Also Nein, zu diesem Unsinn. Artilleriegranaten müssen genügen.
U sure m I though 40% of the germans want ukraine too negotiate with Russia and if i am not mistaken most of the europeans wants to see end of the War
Send whatever you want. Ukraine is losing
Watch a movie about WW2 before you talk as a German.
Die Dinger könnten schon längst vor Ort und im Einsatz sein, ohne groß darüber zu reden. Wenn letztlich nichts davon übrig bleibt, kann man nur spekulieren, was es denn wohl überhaupt war...?
What can one expect from a guy with a demeanor of an insurance salesmen?
And they r expecting asian countries to take part from ukrainian side😢
Scholz finally grows some balls..😂😂😂
There are so many warmongers in the comment box. WTF
Most under age 30; their knowledge of history only goes back to about 1993
The war is already there. Wtf are you talking about?
when two fish fight in the river, it means that a British man with long legs was swimming nearby
There is only one warmonger in this war and here we see the consequences of his actions. Germany needs to step up to stop this warmonger Putin for the sake of Europe and Ukraine.
Germany has never wanted to fight for freedom and democracy - but Germany likes to see other countries fight for Germany's freedom and democracy. Germany owes its freedom and democracy - it is time for Germany to pay back.
Indeed. Germany owes Russia tons of appreciation not just for its freedom and democracy, but for its very existence.
@@linkmeforfun Wasn't it Germany and Russia that divided Poland in 1939? Or was it just a special military operation like in Ukraine?
@@rolfnielsen9644No, it was not Russia!
And who is fighting for Germany's "freedom and democracy"?
@@linkmeforfunfull of 💩💩💩💩
Scholz is a spineless hypocrite and a disgrace to our country. Acting like he fully supports Ukraine on one hand, while playing the whiny baby on the other. Truly fed up to have this guy as our chancellor.
Is he Scholz or Schultz from Hogan's Heroes. "I know nothing, I see nothing, I hear nothing."
Now you know why that Austrian guy get furious when Steiner backing away
Because there aren't that many of these missiles available? Or maybe they don't even work that well?
This is the most idiotic decision. Europe has failed to learn the lesson of 1939. Germany failing to give Ukraine the tools to complete the job simply means one day Germany will be fighting Putin on its border. Too late then to wish you had helped Ukraine defeat Russia in Ukraine.
Go volunteer then
With nuclear weapons acting as a deterrent, I doubt the question of border proximity is of any relevance. A Russian Sarmat is capable of hitting any point on the planet in less than an hour after launch. And it doesn't need a passport.
U think Russia can be defeated? Trying to defeat the country with the largest pile of nukes rather sounds idiotic.
German expertise in Russian oil industry ✅
German experise in fixing "economical only project" outcome ❌
Does this mean that UK and France army is already there? They gave Ukraine those missiles long time ago. I did not see Putin say anything about that.
This is a shame, the west needs to support ukraine seriously.
Deutschland soll den Taurus doch an Frankreich liefern. Frankreich könnte dann an die Ukraine liefern und vorher Made in France draufschreiben.
He doesn't want German soldiers on Ukrainian soil.
The USA and UK aren't so concerned about that small detail...
Is this guy compromised?
Neville Chamberlain reborn. How did that go?
tragic
So Weak !!!
Distance of Berlin to Moscow is about 5,200 km.
However, distance of Kaliningrad, Russia to Berlin, Germany is only about 530 km.
When Germany Taurus missiles started to rain in Moscow or St Petersburg, Kaliningrad might be used by Russia as forward operation base against Germany.
It would be Eastern Prussia in a week, then.
@@hb9145 And Eastern Prussia would have an only 1 days life
@@eddastrohmayer251 Just pretend that Russia can deal with NATO. "But we haZZzz Nukzzzz!"
@@hb9145 Russia has far more nukes, they would win in points. So your "pretend" makes no sense.
@@eddastrohmayer251 Just when you thought you heard it all...
Germany is appeasing Russia….
First it was tanks, fighter jets, artillery only 30km range and they keep dragging their feet.
Nato without germany can do the targeting, whilst weighting up if they even need germany in nato with it's 0 submarines and 0 helicopters
It's up there with a few thousand helmets he sent Ukraine at the bigging of the war ,unbelievable
Agreed
How can Germany need to have soldiers on the ground to use it but also be worried that Ukraine will use it to strike other targets against their wishes, doesn’t add up.
We stand with Ukraine, but not entirely!
Chancellor Scholz is the worst chancellor I can imagine when it comes to Ukraine. Everything he does seems to play into Putin's hands in one way or another. For example, deliveries of Scholz's Leopard tanks were delayed by a year. Russia used this time to build defenses and huge minefields, thereby neutralizing the tanks. The same thing is now happening with the Taurus cruise missile. When Taurus is finally delivered, Russia will have figured out the vulnerabilities (through espionage, bribery, etc.) and can successfully fend them off.
The question is whether this has anything to do with the large number of Russia and Putin-friendly SPD members (Gerhard Schröder, Sigmar Gabriel, Manuela Schwesig, Rolf Mützenich, Ralf Stegner, Wolfgang Schmidt, etc.). Scholz was an ardent Marxist in the 80s and belonged to the Stamokap (State monopoly capitalism) wing of the Jusos. Scholz’s reticence towards Putin could also have something to do with his political past. Maybe the SPD doesn't know it: Putin's Russia is now a flawless fascist dictatorship.
The next problem is already looming: Olaf Scholz has “legal concerns” about giving Ukraine the 300 billion euros frozen in the EU (Nawalny act). Remarkable point of view for someone who is involved in the biggest cheating scandal of the post-war period (Cum-Ex scandal) and whose main defense is his major lapses in memory.
whole west decided to stop supporting ukraine like a year ago
Terrible error.
Nothing is more provocing to agression than naivity combined with cowardice.
Sadly a poor decision for Ukraine and the West.
He's making stuff up here. Of course you can put demands on how the missiles are to be used. They have demands for other weapon systems as well.
The German Chancellor being a big question mark for an Article 5 scenario in Europe means that a similar situation occurred in 1939 when countries were left alone.
Scholz on comments about UK helping Ukrainians use and fire long range missiles is an absolute ratting ability, if it's true, it's concerning 😭..why the heck is he saying that 🙄
Germany has sent tanks, the UK has sent tanks, the US is sending tanks...Poland Denmark etc have al lsent war material plus HIMARS and Storm Shadow....from a Russian perpective, we are all opponents so Olaf Scholz response is contradictory - either you are going to do what is necessary to ensure that the boxer you support has the tools to do the job against an opponent who is bigger, more stamina and no moral scruples - you can't say please don't hit him too hard when it is a fight to the Death!!!!
Sounds like maybe a brain has formed in his skull
Avoiding escalation with Russia is exactly what will cause escalation since it only emboldens Russia and leads to more brutal wars of aggression from Russia
open a hustory book or dont talk,
@@chrismidgeton5213**cough cough** appeasement **cough cough**
Now Ukraine will have to defend Germany as well. The weapon itself does not protect. Protected by brave people!
shame!
Allies doing everything they can to help Russia take Ukraine and Europe. I have to say your weakness is well and thriving and prime for a complete Russian Union of Europe
I seriously don't get politics.
He is "the boss," responsible for the future of the nation. I disagree with him on the issue, little me... I think we should deliver way more, not only Taurus, but not make it public. But, on the other hand we see the almost hysteric reaction of Russians to everything related to Russo/German conflict. They never snapped out of this emotional/ideological connection to WW-2. They even use this as a motivator to their troops: "look how the Leopard burns." They call Ukrainians "Germans" is some radio calls on the front, to name just a few specific examples. So Chancellor Scholz surely has a valid point for his cautious decisions.
I see in the messenger a lot of examples of how Ukrainians draw crosses in the style of the Second World War on their equipment.
Zelensky officially visited the Mi6 office. coincidences?
He's not sending more weapons because Ukraine is winning the war 😐
Germany is splitting hairs while Russia has stated that they view Germany as already fully involved in the war. Putin repeatedly stated that this is a war against all of Europe.
Sholts is not dumb after all
Can scholtz really unilaterally decide No after the Bundestag has said YES?
The Bundestag said NO
@@eddastrohmayer251 oh! I thought I heard on a podcast that the Bund had voted yes. Maybe the Myriah Report.
cAN YOU WIN AGAINST 6000 NUKLEAR WEAPONS???