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Weeks prior, Berlin had previously would consider sending its long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. Taurus missile is capable of striking targets at a distance of 500 kilometers (300 miles) — a range greater than other long-range weapons Ukraine has received from allies.

On July 9, Merz promised further assistance to Kyiv, noting that diplomatic means for resolving the Russia-Ukraine war "have been exhausted."

"When a criminal regime openly questions another country’s right to exist with military force and sets out to destroy the political order of freedom on the entire European continent, the federal government I lead will do everything in...

This is another agreement. Under a German-financed agreement, Ukraine will receive hundreds of domestically produced long-rangeT weapon systems by the end of July, German Major General Christian Freuding said on July 11. The Trump U.S. admin also has promised to supply Kyiv with Patriot air defense systems in a new deal brokered by Euro NATO under Germany too. On July 17, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Washington was working to speed up weapons deliveries to Ukraine in coordination with the defense alliance.