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"German arrogance"! Ambassador to Ukraine becomes clear - USA counteracts Russia's military maneuvers

2022-01-23T15:50:49.461Z


"German arrogance"! Ambassador to Ukraine becomes clear - USA counteracts Russia's military maneuvers Created: 2022-01-23Updated: 2022-01-23, 4:34 p.m By: Astrid Theil Ukrainian soldiers stand at a checkpoint near the dividing line with the pro-Russian rebels. Germany has stopped arms deliveries to Ukraine. © Andriy Dubchak/AP/dpa There is no end in sight to the Ukraine conflict. On the contra


"German arrogance"!

Ambassador to Ukraine becomes clear - USA counteracts Russia's military maneuvers

Created: 2022-01-23Updated: 2022-01-23, 4:34 p.m

By: Astrid Theil

Ukrainian soldiers stand at a checkpoint near the dividing line with the pro-Russian rebels.

Germany has stopped arms deliveries to Ukraine.

© Andriy Dubchak/AP/dpa

There is no end in sight to the Ukraine conflict.

On the contrary: it comes to a head and draws ever wider circles.

Germany is also becoming increasingly involved.

  • In the midst of the worsening Ukraine crisis, a rift is increasingly opening up between Berlin and Kiev.

  • Great Britain makes massive accusations against Russia.

  • This news ticker is continuously updated.

Berlin/Kiev/Moscow - The Ukraine conflict is getting worse and, above all, is spreading more and more. While there was no easing of tension between Ukraine and Russia, talks between the US and Russia were also largely fruitless. Now Germany is becoming more and more involved in the conflict. Because in the midst of the tensions in the Ukraine conflict, a rift is now also threatening between Berlin and Kiev.

On the one hand, Kiev was appalled by the statement made by the German Navy chief, Kay-Achim Schönbach, who has since resigned.

During an appearance in India, the vice admiral expressed understanding for Russia's head of state Vladimir Putin.

The Ukrainian ambassador in Germany, Andriy Melnyk, commented on Schönbach's statements unequivocally: "This massively calls into question Germany's international credibility and reliability - not only from the Ukrainian point of view".

He spoke to

the

world of "German arrogance and megalomania".

The tensions between Kiev and Berlin are inconvenient for the federal government, because it actually conveys unity in the Ukraine conflict, which has been going on for eight years.

Kiev disappointed and shocked by Germany's actions in the Ukraine conflict

On the other hand, the federal government's categorical no to arms deliveries to Ukraine has triggered criticism. Ukraine has asked Germany for help on several occasions. Most recently, the Ukrainian government asked for 100,000 helmets and protective vests for "the volunteers who are just signing up for the Landwehr to defend their homeland together with the armed forces," according to the Ukrainian ambassador in Germany. Berlin wants to bring a field hospital to the ex-Soviet republic in February. But there are no weapons, Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told Die

Welt on Sunday

. "Weapons deliveries would not be helpful at the moment - that is the consensus in the federal government," said Lambrecht.

Several NATO countries, including Great Britain and the Baltic States, on the other hand, recently announced that they were supplying arms to Ukraine.

At the weekend, the USA once again documented its willingness to help Ukraine.

On Friday, a US cargo plane landed at an airport in the capital Kyiv with about 90 tons of cargo, including ammunition "for front-line defense," according to the Kyiv US embassy.

In doing so, the United States is ignoring Putin's repeated call to stop arms deliveries to Ukraine.

Support from other NATO countries: USA sends ammunition to Ukraine

Meanwhile, despite the tensions, the United States announced a new NATO maneuver. According to US information, the exercise in the Mediterranean called "Neptune Strike 22" should begin this Monday (January 24) and last about twelve days. A US Defense Department spokesman said the maneuver was not related to fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia had previously announced various naval maneuvers with a total of 140 warships over the next few weeks in the Mediterranean, Pacific and Atlantic.

Great Britain is also becoming more and more involved in the conflict: the tone between London and Moscow is becoming sharper.

The Foreign Office in London claimed on Saturday (January 22) that Russia wants to establish a pro-Russian government in Ukraine.

Former Ukrainian MP Yevgeny Murayev was mentioned by the British side as a possible candidate for the leadership position.

However, the candidate named by London as a potential Moscow governor has been on a Russian sanctions list since 2018.

The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the British account "nonsense". 

Ukraine conflict also divides German politics

The international situation and the current policy of the federal government in the Ukraine conflict reveal different positions in German politics. Above all, representatives of the FDP recently brought a departure from the restrictive German armaments policy into play and called for the no to arms deliveries to Ukraine to be reconsidered. The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) rejects German arms deliveries to Ukraine in the conflict with Russia. "I can't imagine German arms deliveries to Ukraine," Söder told the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper

.

He also believes that an expansion of NATO to include Ukraine is ruled out in the long term.

The Bavarian Prime Minister sees the Munich Security Conference in February as an opportunity to bring the conflicting parties together again.

Söder summarized that Russia is a difficult partner but not an enemy of Europe.

In the conflict with Ukraine, "constantly new threats and ever tougher sanctions" alone could not be the solution.

Sanctions have had little effect for a long time and often harm Germany itself. 

(at/dpa)

Source: merkur

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