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[global times reporter liu boyang] according to reports from deutsche presse-agentur, ukraine's "rbc.ua" news network and other media, german chancellor scholz reiterated at an event in brandenburg, germany on the 14th that germany would not provide ukraine with "taurus" cruise missiles.

german chancellor scholz, file photo, source: german media

according to the ukrainian news website "rbc.ua", ukrainian president zelensky has called on allies more than once to provide long-range weapons so that the ukrainian army can strike some military airports and other facilities in russia. the report said that scholz ruled out the possibility of providing long-range weapons to ukraine in the future on the 14th.

the report said that when talking about providing taurus cruise missiles to ukraine, scholz said at the event that day that this would bring "huge risks of escalation of the situation." the report said that he also said that even if nato allies made different decisions, germany would still not provide taurus cruise missiles to ukraine.

"taurus" cruise missile, data map, source: german media

according to xinhua news agency, scholz also said in a routine questioning in the bundestag in march this year that he would not provide ukraine with taurus cruise missiles. scholz said at the time that he was worried that providing advanced weapons might make germany more directly involved in the conflict with russia, and the federal government must weigh the decision.

recently, as the ukrainian army entered russia to carry out operations, whether the united states, britain and other western countries will relax restrictions on the ukrainian army's use of weapons they provided has aroused attention. according to the bbc and other media reports, us president biden met with visiting british prime minister starmer at the white house on the 13th. the two sides exchanged views on issues such as the situation between russia and ukraine, but did not decide whether to allow the ukrainian army to use the long-range weapons provided by the aid to carry out strikes deep into the heart of russia.

according to ria novosti and other media reports, russian president vladimir putin said on the 12th that direct involvement of nato, the united states and european countries in the russia-ukraine conflict will completely change the nature of the conflict, which "will mean that they will go to war with russia" and that russia will "make appropriate decisions" based on the threats it faces. reuters said that this was putin's "toughest statement" so far on the topic of nato lifting restrictions on ukraine's use of foreign-aided long-range weapons. russian president's press secretary peskov said on the 13th, "we have no doubt that president putin's statement has been conveyed to the recipient." peskov also said, "president putin's statement is very important, very clear and unambiguous. don't make any double-interpretations about it."