Should Ukraine win the war against Russia It is difficult for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and many ministers from his government to give a clear answer to this question.. And there are reasons for this..

Der Spiegel writes about this, recalling that when presenting a new package of EU sanctions against Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said clearly: “We want Ukraine to win this war.”. From the federal government of Germany, however, no one heard such words.. When questions arise about how this war should end, the slogan of German officials becomes: " This is exactly what Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock recently did in an interview with Deutschlandfunk..

“Russia should not win under any circumstances,” she said, adding that Moscow should suffer a “strategic defeat” and Ukraine should be able to “freely choose its future.”.

But did these words of the German Foreign Minister mean that Ukraine must win the fight against a much larger enemy Deutschlandfunk journalists reminded Burbock of Von der Leyen's words.

“Yes, we want that too,” said the German minister.

But why is clarification needed Why didn't she answer the first question directly? In the end, the politician from the Green Party uttered these words: “Ukraine must win”. No one heard such clarity from Chancellor Olaf Scholz when he recently addressed the Bundestag.

“One goal unites us all: Russia must not win this war. Ukraine must continue to exist,” he said..

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Der Spiegel admits that when German politicians talk about what and who " In the eyes of Berlin, a real military victory for Ukraine, including the restoration of territorial integrity, is unlikely. Russian troops are advancing in the Donbass, especially near the city of Severodonetsk. President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that the Russian army had pulled " The German government calls the fighting in the Donbass " And in one of the analyzes that the Bundeswehr publishes on its YouTube channel, General Christian Freuding said a few days ago that both sides in eastern Ukraine are suffering heavy losses.. And " Russia is trying to enter the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. When asked if Ukraine was able to return these territories, the German general answered coldly: “It is still too early to assess such a development of events.”.

Der Spiegel writes that even in Ukraine itself, despite the demonstrative rhetoric of victory, there are signs of doubt that all national territories can be returned to the control of Kyiv.. Recently, President Zelensky said during an interview with Dutch television that it is hardly possible to return all regions only by military means.. Apparently he was referring to Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014 in violation of international law.. According to Zelensky, an attempt to return the peninsula by force will result in the death of hundreds of thousands of people.

In Berlin, part of the government avoids clear answers to the question of the victory of Ukraine and the defeat of Russia, not only because of the current military events. Anxiety about potential escalation also plays a role. Is it possible to wish the defeat of a nuclear state, whose commander-in-chief is Vladimir Putin, who is ready to use nuclear weapons?

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The newspaper Bild asked every member of the German government the question: “Should Ukraine win the war: yes or no? Some officials responded, others did not.. The journalists heard a clear “yes” from the Minister of Finance and the leader of the Free Democratic Party, Christian Lindner.. The same answer was given by Transport Minister Volker Wissing, Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann.. They are all from the Free Democrats.. However, SPD Development Minister Svenja Schulze also wants Ukraine to win.. Chancellor Scholz, in turn, began to evade.

“Germany has been providing massive assistance to Ukraine from the moment it began to defend itself against a Russian invasion.. And we continuously continue to provide support: humanitarian, financial and military. Russia must not win the war,” the chancellor said, again without saying a word about the Ukrainian victory..