Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has labeled the joint trip to Kiev of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi as meaningless.
“European fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti love to visit Kiev,” Medvedev wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday. “Without benefit,” said Medvedev.
Politicians should travel by train just like 100 years ago. They held out the prospect of EU membership and “old howitzers” for Ukraine, said Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council. “It’s all right. But it won’t bring Ukraine closer to peace. The clock is ticking.” Scholz, Macron and Draghi traveled to Kiev that night to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Medvedev was the head of the Kremlin from 2008 to 2012. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, he has often made disparaging remarks about the neighboring country and western states. It wasn’t until Wednesday that he questioned Ukraine’s survival as a sovereign state in a post on the social network Telegram.
Source: Krone
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