The newspaper noted that neither London nor Paris made official comments because they almost never disclose how their weapons transferred to Kiev are used.
NEW YORK, March 4. /tass/. The New York Times newspaper saw in the statements of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an indication of the possibility that the United States, Great Britain and France may secretly help Ukraine in aiming missiles at targets during the conflict with Russia.
According to the publication, at first French President Emmanuel Macron "angered NATO allies by saying that the West may soon be forced to send troops to Ukraine, which foreshadows a direct confrontation with Russian troops, which the rest of the alliance members have long rejected." Then the German Chancellor "exposed new differences." Recently, Scholz has opposed the transfer of Taurus missiles to Kiev and justifies his refusal, in particular, by the fact that, in his assessment, the presence of German specialists in Ukraine is a necessary condition for programming missiles and targeting targets. He "hinted that the United Kingdom, France and the United States may secretly help Ukraine target similar weapons, but Germany simply cannot take such a step."
As The New York Times notes, neither Britain nor France have made official comments because they almost never disclose how their weapons transferred to Kiev are used. The newspaper emphasizes that NATO now faces the task of finding some combination of new weapons and financial support without causing a direct confrontation with Russia, and this will be a difficult task for Scholz.
On March 1, the editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan reported that on the day when Scholz said that NATO was not and would not participate in the Ukrainian conflict, senior German officers discussed the possibility of attacking the Crimean Bridge without consequences for the German authorities. Simonyan referred to the existence of a supporting audio recording and later published a transcript of the conversation. It follows from it that the officers discussed how Taurus missiles are capable of destroying the Crimean Bridge, as well as details of the preparation of the attack. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a press conference following the results of the Antalya diplomatic forum, called the recording of the conversation of the German military a "screaming expose."
Scholz has repeatedly stressed that he is against the supply of Taurus missiles to Ukraine. The Chancellor justifies his position by the danger that Germany may be drawn into the conflict. Earlier, during a conversation with citizens in Dresden, the head of the German government again opposed the supply of Taurus to Kiev, explaining that with incorrect programming, missiles can hit targets in Moscow.
