German Chancellor Pledges Support to Ukraine for Long-Range Missile Production

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courtesy BBC NEWS  In a recent statement, the German Chancellor has committed to assisting Ukraine in developing and producing long-range missiles. This move aims to bolster Ukraine’s defenses amid ongoing tensions. Learn more about the strategic implications and international reactions to this significant support.  #Germany #Ukraine #LongRangeMissiles #InternationalSupport #BBCNews #EuropeanPolitics #Defense #MilitaryAid

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00:00Let's just remind you of what we've been seeing in Berlin.

00:03President Zelensky is there for the first time since Friedrich Merz became Germany's new Chancellor.

00:09They've just had a press conference which we kept across.

00:11They talked about how focusing on further peace talks with Russia was part of their agenda,

00:18new sanctions against Moscow as well.

00:21And also talk about endorsing Ukraine's right to conduct long-range missile strikes into Russian territory.

00:27That would align Germany with other Western allies.

00:30But we were looking for some clarification around Germany's Taurus missiles.

00:35Mikey is still with me.

00:37We heard from Chancellor Merz.

00:39He said, we are financing Ukrainian-made long-range missiles with no range limits, Mikey.

00:44So that suggests that it's not going to be, they're not going to just hand over these Taurus missiles.

00:49Yeah, there's a lot of sensitivity surrounding that.

00:52Zelensky does have a deep strike capability.

00:54He's got drones that have been conducting deep strikes for a while now.

00:59He's also got something called Long Neptune.

01:01That started off, Neptune started off as an anti-shipping missile, but they've advanced that.

01:07And it's now got a range of about 1,000 kilometers.

01:10But what Taurus and Storm Shadow give, what Zelensky's current organic deep strike capability doesn't have,

01:16is the ability to have this bunker buster effect.

01:18So what Taurus can do, what Storm Shadow can do, is it can target hardened facilities, commander control structures, for example.

01:26So if Zelensky, through this deal, manages to get a bunker buster capability,

01:32he will be able to target commander control and logistics resupply,

01:36pushing that back further into Russian territory,

01:39which will make it harder for Putin to be able to resupply any infantry movements in the occupied territories, for example.

01:45Mikey, thanks so much.

01:46Do so with us here on BBC News.

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