The main politicians of the Social Democratic Party of Germany Lars Klingbeil and Rolf Mutzenich arrived in Kyiv on Monday morning March 6 for talks with representatives of the government and parliament of Ukraine. As Tagesschau notes, this is the first visit to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022..

The German media highlights that the SPD is in a difficult position due to its lenient policy towards Russia towards the invasion. And although Klingbeil and Mutzenich have already openly admitted the wrong assessments of the party, the political force has repeatedly spoken about the “necessity of negotiations with Putin”. In particular, in the past few months, Mutzenich has repeatedly said that, in addition to supplying weapons to Ukraine, it is also necessary to intensify diplomacy in order to cease fire.. He and those Social Democrats who had close ties to Russia in the past and were initially unwilling to supply arms were accused of lacking solidarity with Kiev..

The RND agency notes that party representatives want to assure Ukraine of unconditional support for Germany on the way to dismissal, which should indicate a change in the rhetoric of individual representatives of the party.

SPD Chef? Lars Klingbeil? und Fraktionschef Rolf Mutzenich sind erstmals seit Kriegsbeginn per Sonderzug nach #Kiew gereist. Sie verstehen die gemeinsame Reise auch als Signal an die #Ukraine? @SZ? pic. twitter. com/vOJRp4rjjL.

— Georg Ismar (@georg_ismar) March 6, 2023.

Upon arrival in Kyiv, Klingbeil and Mutzenich had already met with the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, where, in addition to financial and political assistance from the federal government, Klingbeil also noted the supply of German weapons.

“Rolf Mutzenich and I are here now to talk to many people in Ukraine and see what further support looks like.. And, above all, to make it clear that this support that we provide will continue without restrictions,” Klingbeil said..

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Last week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Russia must withdraw troops from Ukraine to make peace talks possible and urged Russia to take action for peace..