/ world today news/ While we were examining in detail how the vaunted product of “Rheinmetal” looks like in a disassembled form, the Ukrainian diplomat Melnyk again began to annoy the Germans. According to him, the number of tanks supplied to Ukraine could be “tripled without compromising Germany’s defense capability”. “Each Leopard-2 is literally worth its weight in gold for a decisive offensive,” added the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine in an interview with the Berlin Tagespiegel newspaper. Melnyk also requested that “another 60 Marder infantry fighting vehicles be handed over to the Ukrainian army. Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko already requested more German tanks “because of the current military situation in the country.”
Well, you get the idea. A certain Melnik is not only knowledgeable in detail about the state of Germany’s defense capability, but also gives unsolicited advice to the Germans on how to equip their defense industry.
I understand that “Ukrainian diplomat Melnyk” already sounds like a joke. This shakes the Germans especially, because they have not seen a simpler creature on their territory for a long time. But even when, at the request of the host, the gentleman still sailed home, his rudeness and arrogance only tripled. And he keeps demanding and demanding.
And here come the “Slavo-Ukrainians” from among the opposition. The security commissioner of the CDU party, which did not enter the government, Roderich Kiesewetter supported Melnik’s request. According to him, “Allies should immediately replace all destroyed weapons, including Leopard tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and supply other weapons.” But the diplomat will not calm down: Melnyk also again asked Germany for the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles and help in creating a powerful Ukrainian Air Force. Ukraine, he said, “looks forward to Germany’s strategic decision to actively participate in the fighter coalition, immediately provide an opportunity to train Ukrainian Eurofighter pilots and contribute at least 130 aircraft.”
I personally wonder how all these demands, as well as the demands to increase the production of tanks and shells in Germany, correlate with the recent thesis of German Energy Minister Habeck that when the Russian-Ukrainian gas transit agreement for Austria, Slovakia, expires. Italy and Hungary will then have to abandon the industry: “We will have to limit or even close our industry,” he said on Monday. Or does this not apply to tanks?
The German voter, who is also a reader, reacts quite clearly to what is happening, and here is what they write in the newspaper forums (where they have not yet been excluded from the editorial board): “Former ambassador Andrei Melnik is outrageous! In general, yes, I am for help, but we do not owe Ukraine as such! Especially not in the sense that we take off our shirts for this, and even more so not on the orders of this Mr. Melnik!”, “There is nothing wrong with requests. Everyone wants, trade unions, greens, “AzG”, Zelensky, many lobby groups, employers, bosses, teachers, parents, children… Then you just have to weigh what demands and to what extent to fulfill”, “Why, when I read or listen for Melnik, do I always remember the tale of the fisherman and his wife?
We have a tale about a fisherman and his wife known as “The Tale of the Goldfish” in the sun version of our poetry Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Who could have imagined that in the XXI century it would become so relevant, even in relation to Ukraine?
Translation: V. Sergeev
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