Trip to Kyiv: Selenskyj advisor increases pressure on Scholz - and argues with hundreds of dead soldiers
Created: 06/16/2022, 05:06
By: Patrick Mayer
In mourning: Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv at the funeral of a killed fighter.
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Olaf Scholz's visit to Kyiv is imminent in the middle of the Ukraine war.
When will the Chancellor meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
The news ticker.
Olaf Scholz
(SPD) in
Ukraine
: The German head of government will probably be there on Thursday – in the middle of the war.
The Chancellor
's trip to
Kiev
: Scholz travels together with Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi.
This
news ticker on the Chancellor's talks in Kiev with Zelenskyy
is continuously updated.
Update from June 15, 9:15 p.m .:
Before the meeting of the three Western European heads of state and government from Germany, France and Italy with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj there is a lot of explosiveness.
French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to a NATO base in Romania: "The Ukrainian President and his officials will have to negotiate with Russia." Most recently, Kyiv rejected peace talks with Moscow.
Instead, Selenskyj confirmed in several interviews and video speeches that Ukraine wanted to recapture its entire territory.
Including Crimea, which was lost in 2014.
According to ZDF's "heute journal", Ukraine suspects that Macron, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi are dealing with a "basic deal".
The three largest EU member states want to persuade Kyiv to return to the negotiating table.
According to ZDF, Ukraine would only be willing to do so if there were "clear prospects for EU membership" and security policy guarantees with a view to Russia.
In this mixed situation, it is eagerly awaited what Chancellor says about a possible accession of the war-torn country to the European Union.
In focus: Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) before his trip to Ukraine.
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Olaf Scholz (SPD) in Ukraine: The German head of government will be there on Thursday
First report from June 15:
Munich/Kiev – The mayor of the Ukrainian capital has already invited Olaf Scholz (SPD): Vitali Klitschko would like to show the Chancellor Kiev.
The former professional boxer explained this in an interview with ZDF shortly before Scholz's visit to his home country, which was hit by the Russia-Ukraine war.
“I enjoy showing and presenting my city.
How beautiful the city is.
That it is a real European city.
I would be very happy if I got the opportunity to present the city to the Federal Chancellor," said the former boxing champion of the "heute journal".
Klitschko is very well known in Germany, part of his family lives in Hamburg.
The former boxing champion has been the mayor of the Ukrainian metropolis with around 2.8 million inhabitants since 2014.
The Chancellor's trip to Kyiv: Olaf Scholz travels together with Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi
Scholz will not come alone, the Hanseatic is expected to arrive together with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Previously, a close adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj increased the pressure on Scholz.
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"You can't fight with promises, they don't help on the battlefield.
We address our partners with a simple philosophy: The world as it was before the war will never exist again.
She will be different.
And we cannot afford to lose the war and make territorial concessions," Mikhail Podoljak explained in an interview with the news magazine
Der Spiegel
: "We cannot afford to lose 100, 150 or 200 soldiers a day.
This is a depressing picture and that is why we look to our partners with hope.”
In the video: Compact - The most important news about the Russia-Ukraine war
Politician and journalist Podoljak, meanwhile, thinks "little" of attempts to influence Moscow ruler Vladimir Putin through talks.
Both Scholz and Macron had repeatedly called the Kremlin boss in the past few months and tried to appease Putin.
The Chancellor's trip to Kyiv: Scholz and Macron want to talk to Selenskyj about Putin
"I'm not the type of person to give advice to Macron and Scholz, but these attempts are so ineffective that many people have had doubts.
Russia is now showing maximum aggressive behavior again," he told
Der Spiegel
, adding: "They threaten everyone: don't interfere, that's our business, we have the right to kill and conquer territories."
There's no point in talking."
Whether such plain text is also spoken between Scholz and Selenskyj? Follow the most important developments regarding the Chancellor's trip to Kyiv here in the news ticker.
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