The issue of “historical responsibility”: Scholz made a statement of support for Ukraine

The question of “historical responsibility”: Scholz made a statement of support for Ukraine Margarita Voloshina

Scholz called support for Ukraine a matter of Germany's historical responsibility/Channel 24 Collage

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz noted the courage of Ukrainians in the fight for their freedom against Russian invaders. Special attention to the issue of supporting our state.

He recalled all this in his speech on Saturday, July 20, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. It was impossible not to offend Russian dictator Vladimir Putin with a word.

Scholz called support for Ukraine a matter of Germany's historical responsibility

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his speech called support for Ukraine a matter of his country’s historical responsibility. According to him, given history, for Germany in this situation “there can only be one place” – on the side of Ukraine.

In 2024 “We cannot celebrate this on July 20th without thinking about the brave citizens of Ukraine who resisted the criminal Russian war of aggression for more than two years,” he said.

The German Chancellor also did not ignore and Vladimir Putin. He noted that there is now a war, “with which the Russian rulers openly have the goal of conquering Ukraine and destroying it as a sovereign country.”

As Olaf Scholz explained, this continues again after 79 years since the end of the Second World War and 79 years after the entry into force of the Charter of the United Nations.” He also called on Germans to be vigilant in defending democracy. those who fight against our democracy will always meet our decisive resistance,” the politician added.

By the way, the day before, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected the call of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to shoot down Russian missiles and drones over Ukrainian territory. Previously, our president addressed this to allies.