The Ukrainian conflict cannot be allowed to turn into a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, so assistance to kyiv must be as careful as possible. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
“How can we avoid escalation to the point of direct war between Russia and NATO? This cannot simply be set aside. “It is important to combine maximum support for Ukraine with maximum caution.” – Scholz said as quoted by TASS.
The Chancellor recalled that he refused to “deliver [Украине] certain very long-range weapons.” Scholz was referring to the Taurus rockets.
Germany’s assistance to Ukraine is “a special task that cannot be financed from the current budget.”
“We had no idea how long this war would last, nor that more than 1.2 million refugees from Ukraine would seek our protection,” – Scholz admitted.
The Chancellor referred to a recent telephone conversation with the president-elect of the United States. donald trumppointing out that he did not realize his intention to close an agreement with Moscow behind kyiv’s back.
“At least there was no hint of this during the conversation… We talked about Ukraine for a long time. It would be inappropriate to give details of this conversation, but I had the impression that [Трамп] adopts a differentiated position to a greater extent than is often assumed among us… We will not accept an imposed peace. For me, the principle that “without Ukraine nothing will be decided about Ukraine” is still valid. At the same time, I am very upset that several states did not provide the aid they announced,” Scholz said.
how it was transmitted EADailyOn the initiative of the German side, the first telephone conversation of the President of the Russian Federation since December 2022 took place today Vladimir Putin with the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. This is stated on the Kremlin’s official website.
