Scholz said it is exactly the step one should not take if one has Germany’s responsibility.

Earlier, the German politician rejected sending Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev.

The federal chancellor said such weapons would provoke an escalation of the conflict.

Earlier, Moscow warned that the use of Western long-range weapons by the Ukrainian armed forces to strike inside Russia would mean that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states would be directly involved in the conflict.

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