Portraits of young Ukrainian heroes – Zelensky and Klitschko – in the German press

The German press focuses on Germany’s radical shift in defense and foreign policy. Also portraits of young Ukrainian heroes: Zelensky and Klitschko.

The speech of the German Chancellor Olaf Soltz at the extraordinary session of the German parliament, which marks the end of an era for the constant German policy of not sending weapons to war zones and the decision to strengthen the German army with 100 billion euros are commented in the German press. “The end of immaturity” is the title of a comment on Zeit, which refers to a “revolutionary speech by Olaf Solz” in the German parliament that brings “the country’s foreign policy up to the circumstances”.

“A chancellor in war” reads his comment Spiegel Online “As early as Saturday, the German government withdrew from its position of not supplying weapons to Ukraine. However, 1,000 anti-tank missiles and 500 Stinger missiles go to Ukraine. “Especially on the part of the Social Democrats, on defense and foreign policy.

For her part Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung He spoke in support of the US Alliance, but said that maintaining some independence was not the answer.

The young heroes of Ukraine

“Ukraine’s most powerful weapon is its president,” she wrote World making the portrait of the former popular comedian who was unexpectedly elected president in the 2019 elections to now emerge as a heroic figure of the Ukrainian resistance. “It may sound cynical and derogatory to compare the president of a country, who throws himself with minimal means against a powerful enemy – at a time when images of tanks invading residential areas seemed nightmarishly unreal – with a film protagonist being said to be acting hypocritically. “But it is not. It’s exactly the way Zelensky acts, his knowledge of perfect interpretations and his words, that’s what keeps Ukraine alive.”

The other important figure of the Ukrainian opposition that has emerged these days is the mayor of Kiev and former boxer Vitali Klitschko, who is on the streets of the Ukrainian capital on the side of his fellow citizens. THE Kölner Stadt Anzeiger “The 50-year-old politician has stated that he will take up arms if necessary. Together with President Zelensky, Klitschko is the second face of the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion. But they are political opponents and even in the deepest crisis in the country. “Klitschko is considered a possible rival of Zelensky in the 2024 presidential election.”

Dimitra Kyranoudi

SOURCE: Deutsche Welle

Portraits of young Ukrainian heroes - Zelensky and Klitschko - in the German press

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