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Correct, but Germany would be able to send them and give permissions for them being used to strike into Russia.
As far as I know they aren't able to do that, since Taurus would require German military personal on the ground in Ukraine to program them, which is not possible without a NATO or UN mandate, as per the German post war constitution. Also, Ukraine does not have a compatible launch platform for them either.
You only need those soldiers, when you want to control, which targets Ukraine can strike. Otherwise it would be possible to train up Ukranians to do it
However given that Ukraine is on record to have blown up Nord Stream, which has obvious value to Germany as well, this is highly unlikely to happen. Taurus could also be used to strike Germany from Ukranian aerospace after all.