German Chancellor Olaf ScholzBERLIN, Feb 19 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference stated that he was having a historic discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin about what genocide is. At a press conference after talks with Scholz in Moscow on February 15, Putin stated that he considered what was happening in the Donbass to be genocide.
Zakharova called what is happening in the Donbass a genocide by Kiev» He (Putin) goes on to argue that something like genocide is happening in the Donbass, which is really ridiculous (Scholz spoke in English, used the word ridiculous, which also means «ridiculous» — ed. ), let's put it straight. But this is his story. It always helped us when we listened to what others were saying. I already quoted an article that Putin wrote six months ago. If we take it literally, it will not be very optimistic for the future «I refuse to do this. I take this as a historical discussion, I answer as I did in the first conversation here: we cannot change borders, we must accept the integrity and sovereignty of the country,» Scholz said at the Munich Security Conference. stated that NATO is not aggressive and should not be feared, but Putin thinks otherwise. «I don't think we asked Putin to do what he does. To be clear: NATO is not aggressive, there is no reason to be afraid, the EU is not aggressive veins, there is no reason to be afraid. He takes a different point of view. <…> When I say this to him, he always brings up the argument of the former Yugoslavia, saying that NATO was aggressive there, hurting people who did nothing. I tell him that we were trying to prevent a genocide and that he must understand that people in the Western Balkans absolutely want to become members of the EU, so they end up not looking at it that way,» Scholz emphasized.
Antonov accused the United States of being cynical about the Russian genocide in Donbass. He explained that both of these points are significant — «this is the real difference.» (then composed of Serbia and Montenegro) by NATO forces. The victims of NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were mostly civilians. For 78 days of air strikes, according to various sources, 2.5-3.5 thousand people died, including 89 children. 12.5 thousand people were injured. Including 1,031 military and police officers were killed, and more than 6,000 were injured. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the «Minsk agreements» and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. Published: Ekaterina Zaitseva
