“Right,” Achim Deergarten agrees with her on Twitter. “In order not to provoke Putin, Mrs. Merkel refused at that time [Ukrainu uzņemt] NATO. In return, Putin annexed Crimea and sent troops to support the separatists. This would never have happened if Ukraine was in NATO.”
Correctly. In order not to provoke Putin, Ms. Merkel refused to join NATO at the time. In gratitude, Putin annexed Crimea and sent soldiers to support the separatists. Would never have happened if Ukraine had been in NATO. https://t.co/ONnz9Ve0Sz
— Diergarten, Achim🇺🇦 (@Diergarten1) March 3, 2023
At the 2008 summit, NATO countries had offered Ukraine the prospect of quick accession. The plan failed because Merkel and then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy opposed it, citing Russian interests. After the Russian invasion, Merkel defended her decision, saying that she still believes it was the right thing to do, her spokeswoman said last April.
Straka-Zimmerman believes that “the history of Angela Merkel will have to be rewritten, especially the history of recent years and her serious mistakes.”
The FDP politician does not believe that the war in Ukraine could last as long as the First or Second World War. “The war is definitely not going to continue for four or five years,” she said in an interview. Putin did not count on broad and lasting support for Ukraine, she added.
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