Scholz: decision to support Ukraine is unshakable, Russia must withdraw troops

A month and a half before the NATO summit in Vilnius, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the leaders of the Alliance would discuss, first and foremost, concrete support for Ukraine during the war. He said that the issue of support for Ukraine is the most pressing one today.

This is stated by the publication Err. Scholz made this statement during his visit to Tallinn.

The summit will focus "primarily on organising concrete support for Ukraine in this situation," Scholz said after a meeting with representatives of the Baltic states in response to a question about Kyiv's desire to receive an official invitation from NATO to the summit in July.

According to him, the main question now is "how we can improve cooperation in the specific situation of the Russian attack on Ukraine, and how we can make it clear that we will provide this support for as long as it is necessary".

Scholz confirmed that Germany will continue to support Ukraine politically, with weapons and humanitarian aid. "This decision is unshakable. Russia must realise that this war is pointless and it must withdraw its troops," he said, adding that the West should also strengthen sanctions against Russia and find ways to prevent sanctions evasion.

As reported by OBOZREVATEL:

- At the celebration of the SPD's 160th anniversary, Scholz expressed confidence that Putin would lose the war and Ukraine would become a full member of the EU. At the same time, according to the chancellor, the Ukrainian state is "still far away" from joining NATO.

- Scholz said that Putin was not looking for talks to end the war against Ukraine, but did not refuse to hold talks with the Kremlin leader.

- Speaking about his long conversations with Putin, Scholz called him a "polite man".

- In February, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov complained that Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron did not call Putin, although he was allegedly "open" to diplomacy.

- Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Japan on May 20. Zelenskyy thanked Berlin for its strong defence assistance.

- On May 14, Zelenskyy meets with Scholz during a visit to Germany.

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