“Sorry, but we can’t keep quiet there”: The German embassy in South Africa reacted unusually sharply to a Russian tweet from the diplomatic mission there.
An unusual reaction from the German embassy in South Africa to a tweet from the Russian diplomatic mission there has caused a stir on social media.
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The Russian embassy thanked Twitter for “numerous letters of solidarity from South Africans – both individuals and organizations” and wrote: “We appreciate your support and are glad that you are by our side today because Russia – like 80 years ago – Fight Nazism in Ukraine.»
The German embassy in the capital, Pretoria, responded by saying: “Sorry, but we can’t keep quiet, that’s just too cynical.” Russia is slaughtering men, women and children in Ukraine out of self-interest, which is definitely not fighting Nazis. “Shame on anyone who falls for it,” says the reaction, which ends with the subordinate clause in brackets: (“Unfortunately, we’re a kind of experts when it comes to Nazism). (dpa)
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