Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk. File photoMOSCOW, March 18The aggressive rhetoric of the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, and his demands on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz led to a scandal in Berlin, Junge Welt writes. diplomatic relations, which began to irritate representatives of the German authorities. «On Wednesday, the patience snapped at Soren Bartol, parliamentary secretary of state in the ministry of construction. Here is a summary of the scandal. After Melnik demanded from the federal chancellor, on whose orders Ukraine is generously supplied with small arms, to issue yet another government statement, Bartol tweeted: «I'm starting to find this 'ambassador' insufferable.» After that, someone probably called him, and soon Bartol deleted his tweet and apologized «especially for the quotes,» said newspaper. In addition, as indicated by the publication, and after this incident, Melnik did not change the rhetoric. So, he was dissatisfied with the way the Zeit newspaper covers the actions of the radicals from the Azov nationalist battalion, demanding that the publication stop «demonizing the courageous fighters.» >Europe is betraying Ukraine — in parts and entirely «This is the demand for a liberal newspaper, among other things, to swallow these unappetizing manifestations of Ukrainian nationalism and smile sweetly at the same time,» Junge Welt emphasized. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazification of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» The Ministry of Defense stated that the armed forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian army, units of the DPR and LPR are developing the offensive.Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website >>
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