Annalena Baerbock said that the war launched by Russia is not only against its neighbor, but also poses a threat “against the European peace order” < /h2>
Annalena Baerbock (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS)
The German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock has called on the international community to continue supporting Ukraine “even with weapons” given that the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and his Army “do not stop with words”.
Baerbock has published an opinion piece in the German newspaper Bild where, 100 days after the start of the war in Ukraine, takes stock of what happened in Eastern Europe.
“After 100 days of war, Putin has changed his strategy. He had underestimated the courage of the Ukrainians. That’s why now shoot from a safe distance. First comes a hail of bomb and artillery fire, then the tanks roll over the scorched earth”, she said.
In her article, the German diplomatic representative stressed in that the war launched by Russia is not only against its neighbor Ukraine, but also poses a threat “against the European peace order” and seeks to attack “life in freedom” of the nations of the continent.
“That is why we, as Europeans, remain united against the brutal war of Russian aggression” , Baerbock remarked before alluding to World War II and thanking the allies for the fact that today Germany can “live in freedom and security.”
Finally, Baerbock has recognized that, “as the largest country in the European Union”, Germany has “the responsibility” to act in the conflict in Ukraine to move from words to deeds and demonstrate to the Baltic and Eastern Europe that Berlin “is there”.
“We are there. You can count with us. Like they were there for us when we needed them. Without them, the reunified and free Germany would not have existed”, Minister Baerbock concluded, stating that Germany “will never again set aside common security”.
A US-German commitment to Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised more weapons for Ukraine (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner)
The United States and Germany pledged Wednesday to send Ukraine some of the advanced weapons it has requested to shoot down planes and neutralize artillery, at a time when Russian forces are closer to controlling the crucial city. of Sievierodonetsk.
Germany said it will provide Ukraine with state-of-the-art anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems, while the United States has announced that it will send four sophisticated medium-range rocket systems and ammunition.
Washington is trying to help kyiv fend off the Russians without triggering a broader war in Europe. The Pentagon said it had received assurances that Ukraine would not fire the new rockets into Russian territory.
The Kremlin accused the United States of “adding fuel to the fire”.
Western weapons have been instrumental in Ukraine’s success in holding back a much larger and better-equipped army, thwarting its attempts to take the capital and forcing Moscow to focus on the industrial region of Donbas in the east of the country.
However, as Russia launches shells at populations in its slow advance in the east, the Ukrainian president< b> Volodimir Zelensky has repeatedly called for more and better weapons, and has accused the West of moving too slowly.
(With information from Europa Press)< /i>