Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged Germany to tear down the new “wall” erected in Europe against freedom since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
“Dear Chancellor (Olaf) Scholz, tear down this wall, give Germany the leadership role it deserves,” said the Ukrainian leader in a video speech broadcast to the lower house of the German parliament. Like the day before before the American Congress, the Ukrainian president received a standing ovation from the Bundestag, before his ten-minute speech.
A “wall” compared to that of Berlin
Volodymyr Zelensky deplored the erection of a new “wall” in Europe since the Russian invasion. “It is not a Berlin wall but a wall in central Europe between freedom and servitude and this wall grows bigger with each bomb” launched on a Ukrainian city, underlined Zelensky. “A people is being destroyed in Europe,” warned Zelensky, who said 108 children have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the offensive. “Help us stop this war. »
The Ukrainian president regretted in his speech the close economic relations forged in recent years between Berlin and Moscow, in particular in the energy field. “Dear German people, how is it possible that when we told you that Nord Stream 2 (a gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, suspended by Berlin) is a kind of preparation for war, we heard as an answer “it’s purely economic, it’s the economy, the economy”, “he said.
Ukraine has been opposed from the start to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany, which was finally suspended when Vladimir Putin recognized the autonomy of the pro-Russian Ukrainian provinces. The Ukrainian regime has also been urging Germany for many weeks to deliver weapons, which Berlin finally conceded after the Russian invasion launched just three weeks ago.
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