Solz: I will do everything to prevent an escalation that would lead to a Third World War

“I will do everything I can to prevent an escalation that would lead to a third world war. “There must be no nuclear war,” he said Olaf Solts and defended his government’s choices regarding arms deliveries to Ukraine. He acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat Germany, and called for an immediate end to hostilities between Russia and Russia.

“Peace in Ukraine is only possible if Russian troops are withdrawn,” Solz said in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine. “There must be a ceasefire, there must be a withdrawal of Russian troops,” he said, adding that a peace deal was needed to secure Ukraine’s right to self-defense. “We will equip them in such a way that their safety is guaranteed. We are available as guarantors. “There will be no dictated peace, as Vladimir Putin has long had in mind,” he said.

Asked about his own criticism of his reluctance to hand over heavy weapons to Ukraine, Olaf Solz recalled that Germany – like dozens of allies – had already delivered anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons, ammunition, vehicles and much more. material from the reserves of the armed forces. It is, he explained, an armament that directly helped Ukraine in its defense struggle. “We see it in the military successes of the Ukrainian army,” he said, noting that the choices of the German armed forces were “largely exhausted.” He also clarified that in cooperation with the defense industry and in consultation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, a list of equipment that can be delivered quickly has been drawn up. “Why did not you do everything in your power to support Ukraine militarily?” partners (Greens, FDP), note that Ukraine is assisted with equipment that can be used immediately, without long training. “The quickest way to do that is with weapons from the former Soviet stockpiles, with which the Ukrainians are well acquainted,” he said, referring to the agreement with partners from the former Eastern Europe to deliver equipment to Ukraine which would then be be replaced by Germany.

For Olaf Solz, a key issue in this conflict is for NATO not to become a war zone: “I will do everything I can to prevent an escalation that could lead to a third world war. “There should be no nuclear war.”

As for his party’s SPD stance on Russia, the chancellor sees no reason to reconsider in a self-critical manner. “Since the time of Adenauer, there has been this distorting and slanderous presentation of the European and Russian policy of the SPD, something that bothers me. I support any discussion of future posts. “But I refuse to enter into this debate on the basis of a lie.” He even said that it was the policies of the two SPD chancellors, Willy Bradt and Helmut Schmidt, which resulted in the disappearance of the Iron Curtain and the democratization of many Eastern European countries so that we are now united in the European Union. “It has always been a policy based on a strong German armed forces and cohesion with the West. “This is the tradition I support,” Mr Soltz told his party’s Ostpolitik.

Referring to Russia, however, Olaf Solz expressed the belief that “he has been walking the path to totalitarianism for a long time.”