German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out the delivery of long-range precision weapons to Ukraine in the future, regardless of decisions made by alliance partners. At a citizens’ dialogue in Prenzlau in the eastern German state of Brandenburg on Saturday, Scholz reiterated his no to the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles, stating that this would entail “a great risk of escalation” of the Ukraine conflict. The Taurus cruise missiles, with a range of around 500 kilometres, would put targets in Moscow within Ukraine’s sights. “I said no to that,” Scholz asserted. “And of course that also applie…