Ex-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba: German elections a call for Europe to face Russian threat
With Germany's upcoming elections just days before the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ex-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urges Europe to confront the looming danger of Putin's ambitions.
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With Germany's upcoming elections just days before the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ex-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urges Europe to confront the looming danger of Putin's ambitions.
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00:00One day before the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Germany will
00:05head to the polls. Yet throughout the election campaign, support for Ukraine has not appeared
00:10to be a top priority for the leading candidates and their parties. Former Ukrainian Foreign
00:15Minister Dmitry Kuleba explained why he believes the war has played such a minor role in the
00:19election campaign.
00:20You don't believe that this is going to happen to you. Because look around, walk the streets
00:26of Berlin, everything is so nice. You forgot that all of this can be gone. And you don't
00:33want to think that this is something that may come to your home. As we never could imagine
00:42that anything like this would be happening in our country.
00:46Kuleba issued a stark warning about Russian President Putin's ambitions, questioning whether
00:51Germany and the West have truly learned from history.
00:55Putin will test NATO if Ukraine falls. I'm not saying this as a Ukrainian who maybe people
01:03may say, of course, he's trying to pull us into the war, he's trying to scare us. No,
01:08no, no, we will manage it. You failed to manage Putin for 20 years. And he knows that. And
01:15his only goal will be to destroy Ukraine and destroy the West. Because this is his ambition.
01:23This is how he wants to go down in history. You don't want to believe us, as you never
01:29wanted to believe us before 2022. Well, what can I say? History repeats itself. And when
01:37politicians, when European politicians solemnly declare never again, on each and every anniversary
01:45of the First and Second World War, they are lying. Because history repeats itself again
01:52and again.
01:53The coming German elections are crucial not only for the EU, but also for Ukraine.