Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk. Archival photoMOSCOW, Oct 18 Former Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk tweeted out the head of the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Wolfgang Schmidt, for comparing German arms supplies to Kyiv with the production of V-2 missiles in the Third Reich.Po in his opinion, Berlin should transfer the tanks to the APU before the winter.
"Dear Federal Minister Schmidt, please put aside all your false arguments. Ukraine urgently needs German battle tanks "Leopard 2", Melnyk was indignant.
The Ukrainian diplomat believes that the transfer of German weapons will play into the hands of Kyiv.
Controversy arose in Germany over the words of an official about the supply of weapons to Ukraine Last Thursday, at a discussion event in Berlin, Schmidt defended the position of the German government, which decided not to supply battle tanks to Ukraine. Among other things, a politician from the ruling SPD party compared calls for the supply of Leopard 2 tanks with the hopes that Nazi Germany had for the world's first long-range ballistic missile, the V-2, which propaganda dubbed the «wunderwaffe» — a miracle weapon. The name is an abbreviation of the word Vergeltungswaffe — a weapon of retaliation. Against the backdrop of Russia's military special operation, the United States and its NATO allies continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian army. turned to the West with a bold request