The leader of the left-wing parliamentary group, Dietmar Bartsch, denies the need for Germany to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine and does not understand what the purpose of such arms deliveries is and what it means when they say that Ukraine must win the war.

“To say that Ukraine does not have the right to self-defense, I think, is completely unacceptable.. Of course, Ukraine has it. And of course, Ukraine can get weapons. No one can object to this. But I am categorically against Germany exporting more weapons to Ukraine, heavier weapons.. I ask myself: what is the purpose of such an operation? Now I hear more and more often that the chancellor and others should say that Ukraine must win the war. What does it mean to win a war? I'm sure there will be no military solution. Therefore, the ultimate goal should be a ceasefire,” Bartsch said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk..

The head of the German left is sure that Russia will have to sit down at the negotiating table because it has no chance of a military victory, but helping Ukraine could unleash a third world war.

“The supply of weapons and discussions about it really mislead us. Always pretend that many other countries supplied an endless amount of heavy weapons. But it's not like that at all. We must not underestimate that for Germany, too, the danger of war is growing.. Nobody wants nuclear weapons to be used,” he said..

According to him, the only strategic winner in the war is the United States, since it can supply gas and weapons to Germany and Europe..

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" And that's one call. But there are also the challenges of climate change, pandemics, blatant social injustice in the world, calling on the left to discuss and make decisions programmatically, and not from the situation that has arisen, and thus become more politically viable,” he said and compared the situation in Ukraine with Afghanistan, where “.

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Russia's war against Ukraine has undermined the authority and influence of Berlin in Central and Eastern Europe and, very importantly, among the leaders at the table of the European Council.

The German Foreign Ministry Annalena Burbock constantly notes the country's readiness to transfer German weapons to Ukraine. But the government still hasn't delivered on all those promises.. The gap between declared intentions and reality has become very large.

The seven howitzers promised by Scholz, as well as 50 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the Ukrainian army never received.

Berlin also promised to transfer its own infantry fighting vehicles, but decided not to keep its word and give them to peaceful Greece.