“At each stage it has been mentioned when you give anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, that is escalation. No, it wasn’t,” mentioned Cameron as he stood alongside German International Minister Annalena Baerbock at a press convention Wednesday.
“‘When you give tanks to the Ukrainians, that is escalation. No, it wasn’t. When you give long-range artillery or long-range fires to the Ukrainians, it is escalation. No, it is not.
“I feel the rationale for that’s clear: If what you are doing helps a rustic defend itself from unlawful and fully unjustified aggression, then there ought to be nothing to cease you serving to that nation to struggle again to get better its territory,” Cameron mentioned.
The overseas secretary mentioned solely a scenario “the place a NATO soldier is killing a Russian soldier” would quantity to escalation.
Scholz’s stance on Taurus missiles has come below contemporary scrutiny in current days after Russian media printed leaked audio of senior German navy officers discussing the struggle in Ukraine, together with frank feedback on the politics and logistics of delivering Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Amongst different confidential revelations from the tape, the officers prompt that British service personnel had been on the bottom in Ukraine — offering a clumsy backdrop to Cameron’s 4 hours of talks with Baerbock.
