According to her, Putin disrupted the peace talks and has been destroying an innocent country for six months.
negotiations on ending the war against Ukraine, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock. According to her, Moscow refuses to negotiate even on humanitarian corridors. According to the German Foreign Minister, it is necessary to help Kyiv with weapons, reports DW.
Burbok said that at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Western countries did everything to prevent war, but Russian President Vladimir Putin “broke these peace negotiations and has been destroying an innocent country for six months.”
The head of the German Foreign Ministry emphasized that Russia does not even really want to actively conduct negotiations on humanitarian corridors. That is why there is no other way but to continue to support Ukraine with the supply of weapons.
But at the same time Burbok added that the supply of weapons from Germany is becoming more difficult and is “on a fine line” due to the shortage of own stocks.
From Ukraine's point of view, “it is better to make supplies yesterday than today”, but Burbok emphasized that Berlin should also think about the medium-term perspective, since the war may continue next year.
The head of the German Foreign Ministry explained that due to the problem with weapons, the country's military industry was forced to specially produce them for Ukraine. She also added that at the beginning of the Russian invasion, Berlin was indecisive about supplying weapons, but in her opinion, a quick, additional supply is now needed in the fall so that Ukraine can defend itself.
In addition, Burbok said that the indecision Germany's decision to transfer weapons to Ukraine at the beginning of the war became one of the reasons for the loss of trust of the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe in Berlin. She added that Germany's relations with these countries suffered, in particular, because of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.
“We did not listen to the concerns of our Baltic and Eastern European friends. We need a new European and Eastern European policy,” Berbok said.
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