“I traveled to kyiv today to show that they can continue to trust us. That we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary, with the delivery of weapons, with humanitarian and financial support, ”says Annalena Baerbock, quoted in a press release from her services.
This is his second visit to kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Baerbock conveys its messages
In addition to financial and military aid, Germany intends to help Kyiv carry out demining operations and “shed light on the war crimes committed, in particular by sending experts, including a prosecutor,” it specifies. the minister in the press release.
“It is clear to me that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is counting on us getting tired of the suffering in Ukraine,” he warns.
But Germany, the minister assures, will remain at the side of the Ukrainians who “are fighting against Russian aggression, not only to defend their human right to peace and freedom, but also to defend our European order of peace”.
A new age
Germany’s hesitant attitude toward Moscow after the war broke out six months ago and Berlin’s initial lack of military support for Kyiv have deeply angered the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
But things have improved since then. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he wants his country to take “particular responsibility” to help Ukraine strengthen its artillery and air defense systems.
A new, less tense era in bilateral relations seems to be opening now, illustrated by the imminent arrival of a new Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin. His predecessor, Andrij Melnyk, viciously attacked Germany’s timid attitude towards Russia for months.
Source: BFM TV
