Aleksey Reznikov noted that APU missiles are not needed for 15,000 kilometers.
The Ukrainian army needs a missile with a range of 1500-2000 kilometers. Ukraine is currently working on the development of such weapons.
“You and I should have had our own missile program for a long time, and most importantly, an anti-missile program, which we adopted only before the invasion, already during the term of President Zelensky. But these are billions of money that need to be invested in ourselves, in the research of our entrepreneurs, testing. it should have been done a long time ago, then we had our own air defense. But we had a few S-300s, no one would attack. And today we thank our partners for Patriot, NASAMS, SAMP / T, Iris-T, Piorun, “said the Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov in an interview with Ukrinform.
At the same time, he pointed out that Ukraine does not intend to fight with its allies, so a missile with a range of 15,000 kilometers is not needed. According to him, the Ukrainian army will have enough missiles flying 1500-2000 km to cover the territory of the Russian Federation.
Reznikov was asked whether Ukraine was working on the production of such weapons, to which he replied: “Yes.”
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Taurus missiles for Ukraine – what is known
German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that Taurus missiles should be urgently transferred to Ukraine.
The transfer of these long-range missiles is advocated by the chairman of the German CDU, Friedrich Merz. True, he believes that missiles should have a limited range, “so that they can only be used to protect the territory of Ukraine.”
On September 4, the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, said that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is the only one in the coalition who is blocking the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
