Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy MelnykMOSCOW, Apr 6The Ambassador of Ukraine in Berlin gave an interview to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, in which he admitted that he does not divide Russians into good and bad and considers them enemies, which caused anger among the readers of the publication. The reporter asked the diplomat why he refused to attend a charity concert organized by the President of Germany with the participation of Russian musicians. Melnik called the event premature and stated that it would take decades for reconciliation between Russians and Ukrainians, and also made accusations against the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Steinmeier. , and the Ukrainian ambassador was sitting there. This is a provocation,” he said. Melnik added that he did not want to divide the Russian people into good and bad. «/>In Germany, they made a «remark» to the Ukrainian ambassador «Russia is an enemy state for us. And all Russians are enemies for Ukraine at the moment,» he continued. The diplomat admitted that he does not have and never had Russian friends. He believes that all Russians want to destroy Ukraine. German readers were outraged by Melnyk's Russophobic remarks. They pointed out the inadmissibility of hatred on a national basis. «I am very angry about this generalization and this hatred of Mr. Melnik for everything Russian,» wrote 1958. The user said that he was Jewish by origin, but was born and raised in Ukraine, and migrated during the years of perestroika . His compatriots constantly face infringements in their rights in the country. «Constant pogroms by Ukrainians, beatings, jokes, fewer rights, almost no career opportunities. Part of my family died in countless Ukrainian pogroms in the early twentieth century,» the commentator explained.
The Germans were outraged by the insults of the Ambassador of Ukraine Melnyk to the President of Germany «So, all Russians are the enemies of the ambassador?» Peter Koch was indignant. He asked if this meant that Melnik did not want to continue the hostility. «If this is racism in the usual sense, if there is a» group hostility «and dear Mr. Melnik sees all Russian enemies, then maybe he is a racist? » asked Torsten Lange. Berthold Gross agreed with him. The user said that the Ukrainian ambassador adheres to the same logic as the Nazis. «It is completely incomprehensible to me why Melnik is still tolerated in Germany,» he was indignant. forget to pay your respects to Stepan Bandera in Munich,» wrote angyal1953.The Ambassador of Ukraine asked to interrupt the supply of energy from Russia to the EU Martin Greger, in turn, pointed to Melnik's constant militant calls, which he voices in all interviews. «Mob incitement. This person should be deprived of diplomatic immunity,» Detlef Weise commented. urged Melnik to be tried and expelled from the country. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation to denazify and demilitarize 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 Defense Ministry stressed that the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Russian military, the offensive is being developed by the forces of the DNR and LNR. Putin has repeatedly stressed that there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine.
