Flag of the Federal Republic of GermanyMOSCOW, Jan 17 Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk on the issue of arms supplies by Berlin. The diplomat, in an interview with the dpa agency, expressed disappointment that Berlin does not intend to transfer weapons to Kiev for defense, and called on the German government and Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock personally to reconsider this position.
NATO countries are increasing arms supplies to Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said As noted by Die Welt, Melnik voiced these demands on the eve of Burbock's visit to Kiev and Moscow. The publication evoked an active response from readers in the comments. «The Ukrainian ambassador has yet to learn the word 'ask'. Ukraine has nothing to demand,» user Rainer S wrote. ?» asked Georg C. «»The Ukrainian ambassador demands…» Who is he to demand something? Pretty brazen!» — said Viktoria K. «If someone demands something from Germany, I refuse,» said Marc M. «To be honest, I don't know what we care about Ukraine, Afghanistan or something like that. Europe and Germany must be strengthened and able to defend their borders,» said Thomas M.Peskov did not rule out taking countermeasures in the event of further NATO expansion. «Is Ukraine already in NATO? No. Is Ukraine already in the EU? No. Does Ukraine bring us economic benefits? No. So what do we care about Ukraine?» asked Hans S. «If Ukraine can pay for this, please! But they basically want everything for nothing,» Walter White stated. in Ukraine can only be resolved by political means. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Andrea Sasse pointed out that «regardless of the restrictive policy on arms exports in general,» Berlin supports Ukraine «in numerous ways, including in the military sphere,» including the construction of military hospitals, the preparation of medical devices and military sanitary materials. As before Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of Russia, stressed that «NATO countries should stop pumping Ukraine with modern weapons, thereby inspiring Ukraine to take crazy actions» — an attempt to solve their own problems by force. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also noted that the pumping of Ukraine with weapons fuels Kiev's mood to sabotage the Minsk agreements on Donbass. in Donbass
