Berlin will not extradite military personnel to Kiev.
Federal Government Germany cannot force Ukrainian men in the country to return home and serve in the army. At the same time, Berlin will continue to support Ukraine in defense.
This was stated by the German Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Mark Buschmann in an interview with Welt.
“I understand the desire of the Ukrainian government to call up Ukrainian men abroad for military service. The call is legal. But we will not be able to force anyone in Germany to serve abroad,” the minister explained.
In addition, he commented skeptically on the possibility of resuming compulsory military service for German citizens. According to him, from a constitutional point of view there is an issue of equality.
“Now no one assumes that all men fit for military service will be drafted this year. The Ministry of Defense is apparently thinking about a modified draft… I am also against compulsory military service for another reason: if we If we restored and called up hundreds of thousands of young people for the sake of justice, we would eliminate them from the labor market. The labor shortage is already a drag on the economy,” the head of the German Ministry of Justice emphasized.
Recall that Estonia stated that are ready to hand over men of military age to Ukraine for mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, Tallinn even offered to conclude a corresponding agreement.
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