[News] Crisis in Ukraine: Germany accused of lacking solidarity with its allies

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The government of Olaf Scholz is criticized in Ukraine and in the United States, particularly for its refusal to deliver arms to the Ukrainian government.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a video conference with U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders on Russia and Ukraine from the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on January 24, 2022.

 

 

Is Germany being too complacent with Russia in the Ukrainian crisis? Repeated in Kiev, the accusation is also circulating in several Western capitals, including Berlin, where part of the opposition to Olaf Scholz's government is taking advantage of the opportunity to underline certain contradictions in its foreign policy.

Several criticisms have been made of Germany. The first concerns its refusal to deliver arms to Ukraine, unlike the United States, the United Kingdom and the Baltic countries. On the Sky News channel, the Ukrainian ambassador in London, Vadym Prystaiko, invoked the memory of the Second World War, saying that Ukrainians "still remember" what Germany "did to our territory" during that period.

 

In Germany, the anger of Ukrainians was actively relayed by the two dailies of the conservative Axel Springer media group: Die Welt, which carried an interview with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in which he said he was "disappointed" that Berlin refused to deliver defensive weapons to his country; and Bild, which published an op-ed by the mayor of Kiev, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, accusing Germany of "non-assistance to a person in danger" and "betrayal of friends in a dramatic situation."

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/01/25/berlin-sous-le-feu-des-critiques-en-ukraine-et-aux-etats-unis_6110855_3210.html