Moscow is now a target for Ukraine’s Western missiles

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1. **Trump must not become the ‘American Gorbachev’ | Writes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon**

   The new German chancellor Friedrich Merz announced this week that all restrictions on the use of Western supplied weapons to Ukraine have now been lifted. This may be significant in the case of the German Taurus cruise missiles which are probably now bound for Ukraine in numbers.

   Putin’s lair in the Kremlin may soon be in range of some of these sophisticated weapons, which hitherto Russian air defences have struggled to stop. Published specifications on the Taurus suggest it may not have the range to reach Moscow, but it is much the same size and uses much the same technology as the American Tomahawk, which could definitely reach the Russian capital. Russian generals have already been assassinated near the Kremlin: it may become an even unhealthier location soon.

   This apparent low-key briefing may well be one of the most significant revelations of this war. The ubiquitous Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, is already blaming European leaders for prolonging the war with this move: it clearly has the Kremlin rattled.  Most of the airfields in western Russia, from which Putin’s missile and drone attacks are launched against Ukrainian hospitals and schools, are now in range.  If Russia must pull its air and logistic hubs back even deeper into Russia, its beleaguered Special Military Operation becomes even more difficult to sustain.

   **Read more here:** [Moscow is now a target for Ukraine’s Western missiles ](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/28/moscow-target-ukraine-missiles-kremlin-putin-merz-taurus/)

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