Delivering such weapons to Kiev is not Berlin’s “top priority,” the country’s defense minister has said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday again ruled out delivering sophisticated long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, citing “obvious” concerns over such a move.
The bloc’s policies instigated the Ukraine conflict, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow has said NATO expansion in Europe has eroded the continent’s security and was the key reason for the Ukraine conflict, Zhang Hanhui, China’s ambassador to Moscow, said in an interview released on Thursday.