Reuters reports this morning that a German Defense Ministry spokesperson has confirmed that Kiev has asked for the German-Swedish-made Taurus cruise missile, with a range of some 500 km – well beyond the 300 km range of the Storm Shadow missiles recently provided by the U.K.. Germany received the request several days ago, the spokesperson said, confirming a report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. She declined to provide further details or say how likely it was that Germany would supply the missiles to Ukraine.
According to Wikipedia, intended targets of the Taurus include hardened bunkers; command, control, and communications facilities; airfield and port facilities; ammunition storage; ships in port or at sea; area target attack and bridges.
