German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that delivering Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine is "out of the question," noting such a move would also mean sending German troops to the eastern European country.

"It is a very long-range weapon. And what the British and French are doing in terms of target control and the accompaniment of target control cannot be done in Germany. Everyone who has dealt with this system knows that has," Scholz stated at the dpa editorial conference. "I'm surprised that some people aren't moved at all, that they don't even think about whether what we're doing could, in a sense, lead to participation in the war," he added.

Last year, German officials noted that delivering Taurus to Ukraine was not a priority, while Russia warned such a move could result in retaliatory strikes on the factories producing these missiles.