Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday alerted Germany versus providing Taurus cruise rockets to Ukraine.
“If […] any rockets appear that can perform attacks on items on Russian area, then this will obviously damage Russian-German relations at last,” Putin stated in St Petersburg at an interview with significant global news firms, consisting of dpa.
Relations in between the 2 powers have actually soured considering that Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine in February 2022. Putin did not state which locations would be more “damaged” in case of Taurus shipments.
The possible supply of Taurus rockets to Ukraine has actually activated an essential dispute in Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has actually hesitated to license shipments, although he did just recently authorize making use of German-supplied weapons by Kiev on Russian border areas to safeguard the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Journalism conference in St Petersburg is the very first of its kind considering that Russia released its intrusion of Ukraine in 2022.
Putin is presently hosting the 27th edition of the St Petersburg International Economic Online Forum. Moscow is trying to emerge as a steady financial power in spite of Western sanctions.