Melnyk openly expresses his wish for Ukraine: "Scholz could also be seen in Kyiv"
Created: 04/09/2022, 21:44
By: Cindy Boden
Chancellor Olaf Scholz after a press conference.
© Emmanuele Contini/Imago
More and more politicians travel to Zelenskyj in Kyiv.
Meanwhile, numerous demands are coming from Ukraine to Germany – not just for arms deliveries.
Berlin – The pictures quickly made the rounds in mid-March: three high-ranking politicians from EU countries travel to Kyiv by train – in the middle of the escalating Ukraine conflict.
At the time, the heads of government of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia embarked on a risky journey to visit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and show their solidarity with his country.
Ukraine war: More and more EU politicians are traveling to Kyiv to see Selenskyj
A number of EU politicians have already made their way to Kyiv.
Russian troops have meanwhile withdrawn from the region.
Atrocities like in Bucha came to light.
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell got an idea on Friday (April 8) by traveling there themselves and inspecting a mass grave.
Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer also met with Selenskyj on Saturday.
And not only he: the British prime minister surprisingly joined the ranks – without prior notice, but with further commitments for military aid in his luggage.
Even the Pope considered the trip.
Ukrainians want to see Scholz, Merkel and Co. in Kyiv and Bucha
Nobody from Germany's top government has been with Selenskyj in the last few days.
But the calls for a trip from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to the Ukrainian President are getting louder.
"I call on Chancellor Scholz, Prime Minister Johnson, US President Biden and French President Macron and all EU heads of government to also go to Kyiv," said Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki shortly after his own visit to Kyiv.
At least Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) was ready to do so on TV at the time.
Zelenskyj had already called Angela Merkel to Bucha: "I invite Ms Merkel and Mr Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see what the policy of concessions towards Russia has led to."
At least Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has made statements about his plans: "I've hardly been to any capital city more often than to Kiev," he recently
told
Der Spiegel .
“I will continue to do everything in my power to support Ukraine in the future.
Of course, this also includes further visits.” But nothing concrete seems to be there yet.
Scholz trip to Kyiv with weapons in his luggage?
“Wish the Ukrainians”
And with Olaf Scholz?
"We always tell something about travel plans (...) when we set off," he said
during a visit , according to
Bild
responded to a question in London on Friday.
The Chancellery did
not want to comment on the
picture request.
But the Ukrainian ambassador Andriy Melnyk once again announced a clear message: "The Chancellor could also show up in Kiev and Bucha to finally understand that this criminal Russia must also be militarily crushed," he said, according to
Bild
.
"That's why the Ukrainians want Chancellor Olaf Scholz to bring Marders, Leopards, Panzerhaubitze 2000 and other heavy war equipment with him in a special train." Scholz did react to these weapons deliveries recently - albeit cautiously.
(cibo)