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The need to support Ukraine was not fully explained to the Germans: Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed the opinion that if German citizens were explained in more detail why Berlin supports Ukraine, it could convince more people of the correctness of such a decision. He stated this in interview Schwerin people’s newspaper.

Scholz emphasized that Germany is one of the largest countries providing support to Ukraine, second only to the USA in terms of aid.

“We are the second in the world in terms of aid, and it will remain so. This is an important signal to Ukraine and a crystal clear signal to Putin: the Russian president should not count on our support decreasing… Our goal remains that Ukraine can to protect their independence and sovereignty”, – said the politician.

The chancellor admitted that there are critical voices regarding military aid to Ukraine, which are heard in the east and west of Germany during “civil dialogues”. He also noted that the question of the expediency of such large-scale support was not discussed in the media space for a long time.

“As chancellor, I was simply asked why I did not supply Ukraine with even more weapons and even faster. However, the question of whether it was right at all was almost never asked. And therefore very little was given to explain why it is important to support Ukraine while remaining balanced, that is, not to do everything that some are clamoring for. That is why I have decided that we will not supply cruise missiles and that we will agree on the rules on where the weapons that we supply can be used.”, – explained Scholz.

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Scholz added that Germany adheres to clear rules regarding the use of the weapons it supplies to Ukraine and is not going to supply cruise missiles, despite the demands of some politicians: “We will continue to support Ukraine, maintaining caution and adhering to our principles.”

 

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