Ukraine asks Germany for air-to-surface missiles: ministry

(ANSA-AFP) - TAURUS, MAY 27 - Ukraine has asked Berlin to provide it with Taurus air-to-surface missiles that have a range of in excess of 500 kilometres, Germany's defence ministry told AFP on Saturday. "We have a received a request from the Ukrainian side in recent days," a ministry spokesman said, without providing further details. The request comes as Ukraine prepares to launch a counteroffensive in an effort to wrestle back territory seized by Russia since Moscow invaded its neighbour in February 2022, sparking the biggest conflict on European soil since World War II. The missiles, produced by a Germany-Swedish joint venture Taurus Systems, would allow Ukraine to strike well inside Russia with their range of more than 500 kilometres (310 miles). (ANSA-AFP).

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