Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that on the day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, among others, he spoke with German Finance Minister Christian Lindner. It was the head of the German Finance Ministry who said that Ukraine “has only a few hours left,” Melnyk said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung..

Melnyk said that Lindner sat in front of him with " Then the German finance minister told the Ukrainian ambassador that it was pointless to allegedly supply weapons or disconnect the Russian Federation from SWIFT.

Lindner's party - the Free Democratic Party - is part of the European Alliance of Liberal Democratic Parties (ALDE - Alliance for Liberals and Democrats in Europe).

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Previously, Politico wrote that Germany is not the first time playing for the wrong team in history.

Therefore, it should not surprise anyone that on the question of how to relate to Russia, Berlin has been in the wrong camp for the past 16 years.. Less predictable has been the speed with which Germany has abandoned its stance towards Moscow in recent weeks by stalling the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia..

The publication noted that Germany has long been a " It is indicated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine puts an end to a whole generation of German politicians of the entire spectrum.