Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy MelnykMOSCOW, May 9th. German Twitter users reacted sharply to the scandalous statement of the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk. Earlier, a video appeared on the Web in which the diplomat was asked who liberated Berlin from the Nazis. In response, Melnyk stated that they were Ukrainians.Russia will not allow history to be rewritten, Volodin said. In the comments under the post, users accused Kyiv of distorting historical facts. «That's it. Ukrainians liberated Berlin from fascism, and the Turks then rebuilt Germany,» pancakebreakfast sneered. «Of course, the Ukrainians were part of the Red Army. It is all the more sad that the Poroshenko/Zelensky regime wants to erase all memory of Soviet history and glorifies Stepan Bandera as a “hero.” Melnik’s visit to the memorial was a cynical PR,” rachmetow noted. PBell.“Melnik, get out”: Berlin residents booed the Ukrainian ambassador at the memorial “The moment when the Ukrainian ambassador does not know its history. Ukraine was occupied by the Wehrmacht in 1941 and liberated by the Russian army in 1944,” technifan emphasized. thank you, and also for welcoming the Nazis so warmly in Ukraine,” Hans-Jürgen Beier noted. “The biggest question is where Melnik, a Bandera fan, would have served during World War II. In the Stalinist Red Army or in the Ukrainian auxiliary unit of the Wehrmacht?» asked Arnd Schumacher.Paris police stopped provocations at the Immortal Regiment rally «I can't believe it. They probably write their own story. And then teachers tell it in schools. There are no words,» the users summed up. The Ukrainian ambassador is known for his undiplomatic statements. So, he repeatedly demanded that Berlin provide weapons to Kyiv, made claims that the European Union did not move forward on the embargo on Russian energy carriers, and called all Russian enemies. Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he did not intend to go to Kyiv in the near future after the Kyiv authorities refused to visit President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In response, Melnik said that «playing offended liverwurst does not sound very stately,» referring to the German phraseology «playing offended liverwurst» (German beleidigte Leberwurst zu spielen), denoting offended without reason. He subsequently refused to apologize.
