{"id":1367070,"date":"2026-05-11T19:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1367070"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:47:52","slug":"mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykhailo Fedorov on Taurus cruise missile: Ukraine has similar weapons, but such capabilities are never enough"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, commenting on the relevance of supplying Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, said that Kyiv is always open to receiving more strike capabilities, although it already possesses its own missiles of similar range.<\/p>\n   <p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>, Fedorov made the statement on Monday, as cited by Interfax-Ukraine, during a briefing in Kyiv with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIf we are talking about Taurus, of course we already have missiles that operate at similar and even greater distances. But there can never be too many such strike capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Fedorov added that Ukraine is always open to acquiring more strike systems.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBut in fact, today we are already achieving a certain independence in this area. We have all seen strikes on Russia at distances of 1,500 km. And therefore Ukraine is doing its homework well,\u201d the minister stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>In March, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized that Germany does not currently plan to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine and noted that Ukraine already possesses long-range weapons, partly produced with German assistance.<\/p>\n   <p>Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on Monday for talks on expanding cooperation in the defense industry with Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/germany-seeks-to-expand-joint-deep-strike-weapons-production-with-ukraine-pistorius\/\">Germany seeks to expand joint deep strike weapons production with Ukraine \u2014 Pistorius<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, commenting on the relevance of supplying Taurus &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1306480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,36415,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1367070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mykhailo Fedorov on Taurus cruise missile: Ukraine has similar weapons, but such capabilities are never enough - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mykhailo Fedorov on Taurus cruise missile: Ukraine has similar weapons, but such capabilities are never enough - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, commenting on the relevance of supplying Taurus ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-11T16:47:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-11T16:47:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/437-820x473.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Mykhailo Fedorov on Taurus cruise missile: Ukraine has similar weapons, but such capabilities are never enough\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-11T16:47:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-11T16:47:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/mykhailo-fedorov-on-taurus-cruise-missile-ukraine-has-similar-weapons-but-such-capabilities-are-never-enough\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/437.png\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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