“I would hope Shoigu’s words are understood by the whole world,” former Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski tells Sputnik.
On possible supplies of German-made Taurus missiles to Ukraine, she said that:
🔸It’s unclear if current missile stocks are available for sending to the Zelensky regime
🔸If sent, there would be “a big risk” of a “direct war” between Russia and Germany
🔸“The more likely risk is that German technology is captured by Russia or its allies”
🔸There's also a worst-case scenario of German military technology being sold by Ukrainian entities, potentially compromising NATO's security
🔸It’s not clear if Merz talked to Trump “about anything yet”, nor least the Taurus missiles