Germany sets conditions for the transfer of Taurus long-range missiles, Kiev admits one thing, Russia plans to respond to NATO

Germany sets conditions for transferring Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, Ukrainian forces acknowledge complete dependence on the US, Russia monitors NATO military activity in Europe... these are the latest updates related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Xung đột Nga-Ukraine: Nga lên kế hoạch ứng phó NATO

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia plans its response to NATO. (Source: AP)

The New York Times quoted Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chair of the German Defence Committee and also a lobbyist for the country's defense industry, as saying that Berlin could transfer Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine if Washington provides ATACMS tactical-operational missiles to Kyiv.

According to Zimmermann, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under pressure and may want to end discussions on supplying Taurus missiles to Kyiv. He stated that if Washington delivers ATACMS, Germany might agree to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

According to the article, the German government is concerned that the Russian Federation could develop countermeasures against Taurus missiles should Russia acquire components of these missiles on the battlefield.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Germany is delaying plans to transfer high-precision Taurus missiles to Ukraine due to concerns about Russia. The article stated: "The German government had generally approved the transfer of Taurus missiles, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz halted the plan due to concerns that Germans would have to go to Ukraine to help maintain and operate this sophisticated weapon."

According to the newspaper's sources, Chancellor Scholz believed that the presence of German military experts in the combat zone could draw Berlin deeper into the conflict, leading to the risk of a direct confrontation with Russia.

Meanwhile, on October 6th, Colonel Yuri Kovalenko, Deputy Commander of the 3rd Special Operations Regiment of the Southern Operations Command of the Ukrainian Army, admitted that "Ukrainian forces are 100% dependent on the United States."

According to Colonel Kovalenko, the Ukrainian army has requested the US to continue transferring weapons and even expand the supply to Kyiv.

Meanwhile, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin observed that the Ukrainian people have become weary of the current conflict.

Earlier, on October 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky linked Washington's aid cuts to the rising "political storm" in the United States and urged European Union (EU) member states to act independently in these situations.

However, EU High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy Josep Borrell argued that the EU would not be able to compensate for the aid that the US had suspended.

Western media outlets are increasingly reporting on how Kyiv's allies are growing weary of Ukraine, and especially of its leader Zelensky.

On October 4th, the French newspaper Le Monde noted that "Zelensky's magic trick" was fading as the leader's words were like "water off a duck's back" or irritating to partners who were tired of hearing that they "still haven't provided enough."

Meanwhile, at the Warsaw Security Forum, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, acknowledged that Ukraine's arsenal is running low.

* On the Russian side, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia is monitoring the situation regarding NATO's military activities in Europe in order to plan a response.

Zakharova emphasized that Moscow is monitoring "NATO's troop buildup and military activity on the alliance's eastern flank, the construction of new routes for deploying US forces and equipment in Europe, as well as the establishment of new command structures on NATO's eastern flank."

Russian officials claim that this troop deployment is essentially Western air support for forces in eastern Poland, bordering the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

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