New figure called: Hundreds of seriously injured Ukraine soldiers are being treated in Germany

Created: 06/17/2022, 05:42

By: Patrick Mayer

Germany treats hundreds of seriously injured Ukrainian soldiers.

The news ticker on German reactions to the Ukraine war.

• Heavy

  weapons

  for

  Kiev

  ?

  Chancellor Scholz talks to President Selenskyj.

• Seriously injured

  Ukraine soldiers

  : Hundreds are being treated in Germany.

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  news ticker on German reactions to the Russia-Ukraine war

  is continuously updated.

Update from June 16, 7:15 p.m.:

Gerhard Schröder does not want to accept the deletion of his former chancellor privileges and is looking for a conversation with the Bundestag.

He had been sanctioned for his ties to Moscow ruler Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine should join the EU: Chancellor Scholz campaigns in Kyiv for accession

Update from June 16, 6.45 p.m .:

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) did not promise any further heavy weapons to Ukraine during his visit to Kiev this Thursday.

Instead, the German Prime Minister, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Johannis reiterated that Ukraine would be granted candidate status for EU membership.

You want to ensure unanimity on this issue at the upcoming EU summit.

Before the Chancellor's trip to the Ukrainian capital, Ambassador Andriy Melnyk and two leading advisors to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had requested additional artillery pieces from the Federal Republic in various interviews.

Apparently, Berlin is currently not complying with this wish.

On Wednesday, Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) announced the delivery of three MARS II multiple rocket launchers from the Bundeswehr stocks.

The Bundeswehr's heavy artillery weapon system: the MARS II rocket launcher.

© Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

Update from June 16, 6:25 p.m

.: Against the background of the Russia-Ukraine war, the German Bundeswehr is facing a huge realignment.

Now new measures in the army are known.

Heavy weapons for Kyiv?

Chancellor Scholz talks to President Selenskyj

First report from June 16:

Munich/Kiev - Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is struggling in Kiev with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj for the delivery of further heavy weapons from the stocks of the German Bundeswehr.

Meanwhile, a number of seriously injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are being treated in Germany.

Flown out of the border in eastern Poland on an Airbus A310-304 MRTT, the Air Force's flying intensive care unit.

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This is reported by ZDF "Today".

A wounded soldier is also interviewed in the post.

His pseudonym is "Sascha", the 21-year-old young man is being treated medically in the St. Josef Hospital in Bochum.

"Sascha" says that he was on patrol with his unit when a projectile struck next to them.

It hit him badly.

Shrapnel severed an artery and shredded nerves in his legs.

Now the clinic staff, together with the patient, is trying to restore his motor skills.

Seriously injured Ukraine soldiers: Hundreds are being treated in Germany

“No one should experience war, no one in the world.

It's better not to know what war means," says "Sascha" in the ZDF contribution: "I wouldn't wish on anyone to have to have this experience.

But everyone in Ukraine has this now: war.

It's hard." Once he's healed, he wants to go back home to continue fighting, he affirms.

Receiving medical care in Bochum: the Ukrainian soldier “Sascha” (right).

© Screenshot ZDF

The managing director of the St. Josef Hospital Bochum, meanwhile, described impressions of traumatized war invalids from the Ukraine.

“Fortunately, we don't have much to do with war casualties in Germany.

That's why it's something new for many of our doctors.

There is only a language problem.

Many of the patients are traumatized.

Language problems plus traumatization is a challenge,” explained Prof. Christoph Hanefeld.

Germany has already stressed that it intends to continue caring for seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the Federal Republic.

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