German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) caused a stir with her statement that a “war against Russia” was going on – Moscow in particular reacted furiously. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has now demanded an explanation from the German ambassador in Moscow about “contradictory” statements from Berlin.
On the one hand, Germany declares that it is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine. On the other hand, Baerbock says that the countries of Europe are at war with Russia. “Do you understand what you are talking about?” Zakharova wrote on the Telegram news channel.
Russian state propaganda is raging
On Tuesday at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Baerbock called for cohesion among Western allies, saying: “We are waging a war against Russia, not each other.” The Russian state media gratefully took this statement as a key phrase for war propaganda – proof that Germany and the other EU countries are direct parties to the conflict in Ukraine and are fighting against Russia.
Scholz tries to smooth out waves
The German government, on the other hand, usually insists that it is not a party to the war in Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz answered the question on ZDF on Wednesday evening whether Germany and its allies were not joining the war with the tank deliveries that had now been decided: “No, absolutely not. He added: “There must be no war between Russia and NATO. After Baerbock’s statements, the German Foreign Office also made it clear that Germany was “not a party to the conflict”.
„Very unfortunate slip of the tongue“
After promising to supply Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, Germany has come under increasing criticism in Russia for using heavy weapons against Russian soldiers for the first time since World War II. The security expert Claudia Major of the Science and Politics Foundation spoke in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin” on Friday about an “extremely unfortunate slip of the tongue” by Baerbock, which is now being exploited by Russian state propaganda.
Source: Krone
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