– It's a perfidious act […] A hard and intentional war crime – said the chairman of the CDU on the Ard TV program “Caren Miosga”, who at the beginning of May will lead the new German government.
– Here's the answer. This is what Putin does with those who talk to him about the suspension of a weapon – added Merz.
– Our readiness to talk is interpreted by Putin not as a serious offer of peace, but as a weakness – emphasized the leader of the CDU.
Merz, who, as an opposition politician, was in favor of germany to provide Ukraine with Taurus rockets, capable of hitting Russia's territory deeply, emphasized that as the future chancellor he was open to this possibility.
“The Ukrainian army must get out of the defensive”
– I always said that I would do it only in consultation with European partners. It must be coordinated, and if this happens, then Germany should be involved in it – he said. According to him, “the Ukrainian army must get out of the defensive.”
From the beginning of Russia's invasion, Germany has been the second largest, after the United States, a supplier of military assistance for Ukraine.
Earlier, on Sunday, the social democratic German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Russia's “barbaric attack” on sums. Such attacks show what the alleged Russian readiness to the room looks like – noted Scholz.
The attack took place on Sunday at approx. 10.15 local time; The bullets fell on the city center when people, among others They returned or went to the church in connection with the Palm Sunday also celebrated in Ukraine. Many also walked around the boulevard in the central part of the sum.
