Ukraine wants to draw Germany into the war through the Taurus missile.
The supply of Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine threatens to draw Germany into a war.
According to RIA Novosti on June 3, General Erich Wad, former military advisor to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, stated in an interview with the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung that possible Ukrainian attacks on strategic Russian facilities should not be a reason for German politicians to request the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv.
"In-depth reconnaissance operations are one thing. But Germany shouldn't be providing them to Taurus," said General Erich Wad.
Wad explained that there is a danger that if Ukraine fires Taurus long-range missiles at critical targets, such as the Crimean Bridge or government ministries in Moscow as some German politicians have requested, then "Germany will become a participant in the war."
"It is clear that the Russians are slowly but surely moving forward and are on track to achieve their goals," said General Erich Wad.
Meanwhile, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter shared his view on his blog that the attacks on Russian airports demonstrate that Ukraine threatens humanity.
"It is not Russia that poses a threat to the existence of humanity, but Ukraine," said former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter.
The expert also noted that Ukrainian forces are incapable of carrying out such an operation on their own and that Kyiv's proposal might be sanctioned by its European allies.
Earlier, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reported that, following Britain and France, Germany had lifted all restrictions on the use of weapons transferred to Ukraine. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are now capable of striking deep into Russian territory and need to be supplied with such weapons.
Later, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil stated at a press conference in Berlin, contrary to the Chancellor's statement, that Germany had not changed its position on supplying weapons to Kyiv.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stressed that Prime Minister Merz's statements about long-range weapons have thwarted efforts to disrupt the peace process in Ukraine and provoked a continuation of hostilities.