Pistorius: Ukraine's receipt of US proposals would be similar to surrender

German defense minister Boris Pistorius believes that US President Donald Trump's proposals regarding the vast territorial assignments of Ukraine for Russia are too far -reaching. Their acceptance would be similar to “surrender” – as he said on Sunday at the Ard station.

According to Pistorius, Ukraine knows that a permanent, trustworthy agreement on suspension of weapons or a peace agreement “can or will also lead to territorial assignments”.

“But they will certainly not go so far – or they should not go so far – like the last proposal of the American president,” said Pistorius. “Ukraine itself could get a year ago what was included in this proposal, basically through surrender.”

Pistorius, which will probably remain the defense minister in the new German coalition government of CDU/CSU and SPD, assured Ukraine about further military assistance from Germany.

“If Ukraine collapses, if Putin wins this war in the sense that it will occupy Ukraine, and even only a large part of it, it will be a maximum threat to NATO territory, and also to neighboring countries such as Moldova and Georgia,” said Pistorius.

For everyone it must be clear: “This is not just about solidarity with Ukraine, this is our security and our peace in Europe” – emphasized the German Minister of Defense.

From Berlin Berenik Lemańczyk (PAP)

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