Britain Proposes Missile Swap with Germany to Aid Ukraine
The proposed swap aims to equip Ukraine with necessary arms without escalating the conflict with Russia.
- Britain has proposed a swap of cruise missiles with Germany to help equip Ukraine without escalating the conflict with Russia.
- The proposed swap involves Britain receiving German Taurus missiles and in turn supplying Ukraine with British Storm Shadow missiles.
- Germany has been hesitant to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles due to concerns of triggering an international escalation of the conflict.
- Ukraine has been pushing for the Taurus missiles to cause significant damage within Russian-occupied territory.
- The proposed swap is being analyzed by the office of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.