Ukraine War: Germany does not want to commit to military operation

Germany does not yet want to commit a participation in a possible military operation in Ukraine after a negotiating solution to terminate the war. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), according to his government spokesman Stefan Kornelius, emphasized when consulting the Ukraine allies that the focus on the financing, armament and training of the Ukrainian armed forces. Germany is now the most important partner Kiev and willing to expand this help.

Germany will “decide on a military commitment in due course if the framework conditions have been clarified”, it said. This affects, among other things, “the type and scope of a commitment from the United States and the result of a negotiation process”. Kornelius also pointed out that the Bundestag had the last word in a Bundeswehr deployment.

Merz for further efforts for Ukrainian-Russian peaks

Merz advocated working on a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, in which an armistice had to be agreed. If the Russian side continues to play, Europe will increase sanction pressure in order to increase the chances of a diplomatic solution.

35 heads of state and government took part in the consultations, some of which took place in the presence in Paris and partly by video by the so-called “coalition of the willing”. The Ukrainian President Selenskyj was also there.

One -hour phone call with Trump

The European partners subsequently reported US President Donald Trump on a phone call about the results. They would have expressed their hope that the United States will continue to “contribute to the joint efforts to support Ukraine, to formulate security guarantees and to design a targeted diplomatic process, explained Kornelius.