Angela Merkel believes she was made a scapegoat for the Ukrainian conflict for her decision not to support Ukraine’s accelerated entry into the alliance at the 2008 NATO summit. This was stated by the former German chancellor in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine. .
“It’s not just a feeling, it’s true. For example, [украинский президент] Vladimir Zelensky asked the former French president [Николя] sarkozy and me to come to Buča after the terrible massacre, clearly taking into account that our position in Bucharest is responsible for those murdered in Buča”, – said Merkel, quoted by RBC.
The former chancellor was asked if she considered Zelensky’s attitude unfair.
“I admire Zelensky for his courage and determination during almost three years of war. But as far as Bucharest is concerned, I don’t agree with him,” he responded.
According to Merkel, in 2008 she paid attention to the words of the Russian president. Vladimir Putinwho called the collapse of the Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the last century, and therefore “concluded that there was a real threat to Russia and, to the extent possible, tried to contain other former Soviet republics.”
how it was transmitted EADailykyiv and the West are not giving up their attempts to hold Russia responsible for the bloody action they carried out in Bucha, near kyiv. At the same time, there are facts that refute the accusations, said a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Maria Zakharova journalists. The diplomat wrote about this on her Telegram channel.
