7/30 Worth reading this long account of the Polish-German #tank deal, by @_freidel and @SchullerKonrad, on who promised what, the South Korean arms deal and why PiS rarely lets an opportunity go to waste to play the anti-German card./
🙄“The West must unitely oppose Russia's aggression in Ukraine and other revanchist claims. But a continuation of the war in Ukraine is not the solution to the problem.”
#Spain considered delivering #Leopard tanks Ukraine. Then Berlin told them off, according to @derspiegel info @MelAmann. According to govnmt sources, 🇩🇪 warned 🇪🇸 that this step would be a departure from the informal decision of West not to supply Kiev with western tanks 1/4
Rather than eliciting an outpouring of self-reflection, the perceived snub generated a fierce backlash against Ukraine across the political spectrum. Scholz called Kyiv’s decision “irksome”.〜 a snap back to a default position of delayed action to support Ukraine —〜“European interests
1/19"The idea thatGermany delivers weapons that could then be used to killRussians is very difficult to stomach for manyGermans," Marcel Dirsus／"This responsibility should apply to the Ukrainian people, who lost at least8million lives during the Nazi occupation ofUkraine,"U's ambassador toGermany/
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(S+) AfD: Kremlfreund im Bundestag – Geheime Nachrichten dokumentieren Kontakte nach Moskau
Christian Odendahl on Twitter: "Worth reading this long account of the Polish-German #tank deal, by @_freidel and @SchullerKonrad, on who promi… https://t.co/AAmSddisyT"
Krieg in der Ukraine: Waffenstillstand jetzt!
Steffen Lüdke on Twitter: "#Spain considered delivering #Leopard tanks Ukraine. Then Berlin told them off, according to @derspiegel info… https://t.co/H9CDkPbzUa"
Helene von Bismarck on Twitter: "So. Got the Spiegel, am about to start reading the interview with @Bundeskanzler . Pretty devastating title, it has… https://t.co/V0qHBwe4kQ"
The Berlin elite's Ukraine dilemma
Why Germany refuses weapons deliveries to Ukraine – DW – 01/19/2022
