Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, has suggested that long-range Taurus missiles, if delivered to Ukraine, could be used to target strategic Russian military infrastructure in Crimea, including the Kerch Bridge, a key supply route linking Russia to the occupied peninsula.
I can tell you why: Merz just wants to get on the news cycle with something popular. If you’re not going to do it either way there’s no point in secrecy.