Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Melnyk reproached German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for not taking seriously the need to break off relations with Russia and accused him of being too close to the Russian Federation against the backdrop of the unleashed war in Ukraine.

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“From Putin’s point of view, there is no Ukrainian people, no language, no culture, and therefore no state. Steinmeier seems to share the view that Ukrainians are not really a subject,"

The ambassador noted that Steinmeier's idea to organize a so-called solidarity concert in Ukraine with the participation of Russian performers "

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Melnik noted that Steinmeier, who, before being elected president, served in several governments as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the head of the department of the Federal Chancellor, is also guilty of Germany's significant dependence on Russian energy sources..

" Many people who have significant influence in the current government coalition are involved in this,"

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Recall, earlier Andriy Melnik said that on the day of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine on February 24, he spoke with German Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Then the head of the German Ministry of Finance said that Ukraine “has a few hours left” and it is “stupid” to supply weapons or disconnect the Russian Federation from SWIFT.