DISINFO: Using Taurus missiles on Crimean Bridge would violate German constitution
SUMMARY
The issue of German deliveries of Taurus missiles to the Ukrainian Army is constitutional in character. If Ukraine launches Taurus missiles on the Crimean Bridge - which even Germany considers Russian territory - that would be a violation of the German Constitution.
RESPONSE
The claim advances a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative regarding the delivery of Western military aid to Ukraine, in the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
The German Constitution does not restrict the state's right to deliver military aid to third countries, as long as such deliveries are approved by the federal government. The only constitutional provision which even remotely concerns this issue is Article 26 (1) on securing international peace:
"Acts tending to and undertaken with intent to disturb the peaceful relations between nations, especially to prepare for a war of aggression, shall be unconstitutional. They shall be criminalised [emphasis added]."
It is a matter of international consensus that the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine constitute an unprovoked war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation. Providing military assistance to the victim of this aggression would not violate the German constitution. Ukraine acts in self-defense in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter.
See similar disinformation cases against the supply of weapons from Western countries to Ukraine such as the Bundestag overwhelmingly voted against sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army uses US-supplied chemical weapons against Russian troops and the Pentagon proved that Ukraine is stealing Western weapons.