Berlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been charged with attacking Ukraine for "completely absurd" reasons, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. During a public discussion about the federal government's open day on Sunday in Berlin, he asserted that "NATO was never a threat to Russia." Moscow has long charged NATO with accelerating its eastward expansion at the expense of Russian interests. Scholz claims that he promised Putin during the negotiations prior to the start of the war in February that Ukraine would not join NATO "in the next 30 years." But according to Scholz, Putin had "completely absurd" ideas. For instance, the Russian president informed him that Belarus and Ukraine shouldn't really be sovereign nations.

Scholz decries the imperialism of Putin

Vladimir Putin planned this conflict long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine started on February 24, according to Olaf Scholz. "Russia, led by Putin, started this conflict with the obvious goal of annexing its neighbour. I believe that was the initial objective "Scholz compared the actions of Russia to the early years of imperialism. The Chancellor stated that while Russia is currently worried about gaining territory in eastern Ukraine, it is not certain that it will remain that way, so capitulating is not a wise course of action. Putin actually came up with the concept of scribbling "This is mine and this is yours" across the surface of Europe with a felt-tip pen. Germany cannot accept that, added Scholz. Scholz, however, declared that he would continue talking to Putin.

Scholz argues in favour of arming Ukraine

Scholz listed the deliveries of other types of weapons that had already occurred and were still planned in response to the question from the former Bundeswehr General Klaus Wittmann about why Germany was not providing armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine. Scholz emphasised that Germany "supplies a lot of weapons" and is "currently in the process of supplying the most modern and effective equipment." But it also has to do with "preventing an escalation of the war." In addition to planned deliveries of the Iris-T air defence system and the Cobra artillery radar, Scholz mentioned the deliveries of the Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, the Panzerhaubitze 2000, and numerous rocket launchers.

He promised, "It'll be there soon." According to the Chancellor, Germany will continue to give Ukraine "what it needs for its defence."

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