The German President has accused Putin of murders, lies and fraud that distort history. The German President expressed his full support for Ukraine.
Russia’s war against Ukraine was “a respite from most of what you took for granted, it was a turning point at a time,” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. He delivered a speech on Sunday, May 8, at the opening congress of the Association of German Trade Unions. On this day, Germany celebrates the 77th anniversary of the country’s liberation from National Socialism.
“It’s May 8 – the day of the war,” Steinmeier said. According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who attacked Ukraine, “finally destroys the foundation of world order in Europe.”
The German president considered the attack on Ukraine “an attack on the idea of liberal democracy and on the values on which it is based: it is freedom, equality, respect for human rights and human dignity. “
Steinmeier sharply criticized Putin: “When he talks about fascism, about ‘denazification’, he is lying.” This is “a deceptive and cynical distortion of history,” the German president said.
According to him, Putin’s equation of the fight against National Socialism “with his brutal, illegal, aggressive war against Ukraine” is also a deceptive and cynical rage against history. “
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“Under the guise of‘ denazification ’, the Russian president is‘ killing even those who have gone through hell, including Holocaust survivors, ’” the German head of state insisted.
At the same time, Steinmeier noted that this war was forcing Germany and Europe to draw painful conclusions: “We are very confident that peace, freedom and prosperity are a matter of course.”
The German president admitted that he too had personally erred and did not believe in the possibility that Putin “in his imperial madness” was ready to lead his own country into political, economic and moral ruin.
Steinmeier reiterated his support for Ukraine and said Germany was doing so “with full confidence and wholeheartedness”, as were its European neighbors.
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Source: korrespondent
