Criticized for his telephone interview with Vladimir Putin, the German Chancellor wanted to reassure kyiv. “Ukraine can count on us,” he said.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, criticized for his telephone interview with Vladimir Putin, reaffirmed this Sunday Germany's unfailing support for Ukraine, ensuring that no decision on the outcome of the war led by Russia will be taken. without kyiv.
“Ukraine can count on us”It is “this principle prevails, and no decision will be taken over the head of Ukraine”the chancellor said at Berlin airport before flying to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Pandora’s Box”
Olaf Scholz defended the telephone exchange he had on Friday with the Russian president, the first in almost two years. “It was important to tell him that he should not count on the fact that the support of Germany, Europe and many others around the world for Ukraine will weaken”explained the German leader.
Donald Trump's promises to end the war in Ukraine, without explaining how, also justify this diplomatic gesture: this “wouldn't it be a good idea if, in the near future, there were discussions between the American president and the Russian president without the head of an important European country”Germany in this case, “also leads discussions himself”defended the chancellor. The telephone interview angered kyiv, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticizing Mr Scholz for opening the “Pandora’s box”.
L’Ukraine “legitimately defends its independence and sovereignty”and she can count on “many friends around the world, and especially in Germany”by far Ukraine's greatest support in Europe, including in terms of military aid and arms deliveries, the Chancellor insisted on Sunday.
His conversation with Putin “showed that the Russian president has not changed much of his mind on this war, which is not good news”noted Olaf Scholz. The German leader is weakened, now deprived of a majority in Parliament, and wants to run for a second term in early elections in Germany in February, as he reaffirmed on Sunday. And this despite calls in his camp for him to make way for the popular Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
“Last night's attack (Russian, editor's note), one of the most important of this war, proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support for Ukraine from the whole of the West.”wrote Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the social network X. This night, Russia carried out a series of strikes against various Ukrainian cities. The country's electricity network, already weakened, suffered from this attack.
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