Chancellor Karl Nehammer met Wladimir Klitschko, ex-world boxing champion and brother of the mayor of Kiev, late Thursday on his trip to Berlin. He thanked Nehammer and the Austrians for their support of his war-torn Ukrainian homeland. “I won’t be shy to say we need more,” Klitschko said. “Please don’t stop!” Ukraine needs humanitarian aid, financial aid and arms supplies.
Ukraine is at war and the economy is not working, the budget is “not replenished”. But the biggest challenge is the “adversary,” the one “who attacked and killed us in a genocide,” Klitschko said, without mentioning Russia. Ukraine defends the values ”that our two countries Austria and Ukraine share”. This war “must be ended very soon”.
Respect for “brave and defensive” Ukrainians
Nehammer also stressed that “the war must stop”. Austria has long called for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridors. “Thank God” Austrian relief supplies, helmets and protective vests arrived in Ukraine. Nehammer expressed his “great respect” and appreciation for the Ukrainian people for being “so brave and defensive” “to fight for our values and freedom”.
Klitschko met with German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck and other German government officials on Thursday. In the ZDF interview, he expressed a lot of understanding and empathy after the talks. But Ukraine needs more. Germany also supports Ukraine with weapons such as anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft missiles and machine guns.
Energy embargo problem
Together with Austria, Germany opposes an energy embargo against Russia, which has been criticized by the Ukrainian side. “We need Russia’s economic isolation because every cent paid for gas is also used for weapons that kill our children, our women, our men and our citizens today,” Klitschko told ZDF.
Source: Krone
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