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===Remilitarization===

===Remilitarization===

 

When [[US Defense Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]] demanded in February 2025 that [[Europe]] take over [[Ukraine aid]] as part of a "division of labor" so the [[US]] can focus on [[China]] while Europe takes a larger role in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]'s [[proxy war]] on [[Russia]], the Merz regime promised to expand [[military]] support for Ukraine.

When [[US Defense Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]] demanded in February 2025 that [[Europe]] take over [[Ukraine aid]] as part of a "division of labor" so the [[US]] can focus on [[China]] while Europe takes a larger role in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]'s [[proxy war]] on [[Russia]], the Merz regime promised to expand [[military]] support for Ukraine.

On May 27, 2025 Merz publicly stated on German [[television]] that the decision had been made months ago by the [[United States]], Germany, the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] to transfer German-made long range [[Taurus missile]]s to [[Ukraine]]. The missiles cannot be used without German and [[NATO]] personal to input targeting data. A Ukrainian military blogger, Rezident ua, reported:

On May 27, 2025 Merz publicly stated on German [[television]] that the decision had been made months ago by the [[United States]], Germany, the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] to transfer German-made long range [[Taurus missile]]s to [[Ukraine]]. The missiles cannot be used without German and [[NATO]] personal to input targeting data. A Ukrainian military blogger, Rezident ua, reported:

{{Cquote|Our source in the OP said that [[Ukraine]] has already received Taurus missiles and is just waiting for permission to deploy them deep into Russian territory. The operation to deploy the missiles in Ukraine was carried out by [[British]] and German [[intelligence service]]s. The targets of the attack are determined by [[NATO]] headquarters in the [[EU]].}}

{{Cquote|Our source in the OP said that [[Ukraine]] has already received Taurus missiles and is just waiting for permission to deploy them deep into Russian territory. The operation to deploy the missiles in Ukraine was carried out by [[British]] and German [[intelligence service]]s. The targets of the attack are determined by [[NATO]] headquarters in the [[EU]].}}

Russian state media openly called for a pre-emptive attack with [[Oreshnik]] [[ballistic missile]]s on the Taurus missile factory in Germany to disable [[Taurus missile]] production capacity for the next 5-7 years.<ref>https://au.news-pravda.com/ukraine/2025/05/28/8657.html</ref> [[RT]] Editor-in-Chief [[Margarita Simonyan]] said, on Russia’s potential  

Russian state media openly called for a pre-emptive attack with [[Oreshnik]] [[ballistic missile]]s on the Taurus missile factory in Germany to disable [[Taurus missile]] production capacity for the next 5-7 years.<ref>https://au.news-pravda.com/ukraine/2025/05/28/8657.html</ref> [[RT]] Editor-in-Chief [[Margarita Simonyan]] said, on Russia’s potential  

{{Cquote|In [[Moscow]]'s offices, it's being discussed that if German forces strike [[Moscow]] with [[German]] [[weapon]]s — and authorizing Taurus use means exactly that, since the Ukrainian army cannot service or program them — then we'll have no choice left but to strike [[Berlin]].<ref>https://cdm.press/news/europe/2025/05/28/rt-if-germany-allows-ukraine-to-use-taurus-long-range-cruise-missiles-russia-will-strike-berlin-new-istanbul-talks-possible-june-2/</ref>}}

{{Cquote|In [[Moscow]]'s offices, it's being discussed that if German forces strike [[Moscow]] with [[German]] [[weapon]]s — and authorizing Taurus use means exactly that, since the Ukrainian army cannot service or program them — then we'll have no choice left but to strike [[Berlin]].<ref>https://cdm.press/news/europe/2025/05/28/rt-if-germany-allows-ukraine-to-use-taurus-long-range-cruise-missiles-russia-will-strike-berlin-new-istanbul-talks-possible-june-2/</ref>}}