Russia’s ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev has warned that Germany’s delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, if true, would usher in a “new quality” of Russian-German relations. “If such deliveries of long-range weapons are carried out, a new phase will emerge in our bilateral relations, and Germany cannot remain unaware of this,” Nechayev responded on Sept. 6 to a question from TASS. He elaborated that the Ukrainian military would not be capable of operating this sophisticated weapon system independently. “Most likely, German military personnel would handle it. This signifies a fundamentally different approach,” he emphasized.