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Vladimir Putin is sending his troops to Ukraine – and NATO is preparing for war. A war in Europe was no longer conceivable, according to security and defense expert Thomas Wiegold.
Putin invades Ukraine – and NATO? The should be prepared for the event of war, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday: “We had hope – but we were not naive”.
In addition to numerous statements at press conferences, NATO activated, among other things, the defense plans for Eastern Europe. Defense plans are also being ramped up in Germany, says journalist and expert on security and defense policy Thomas Wiegold. In the “Today Important” podcast, he explains in an interview with Michel Abdollahi why the war in Ukraine is also stunning many people in Germany. War was simply no longer conceivable: “Since the fall of the Wall, we in Germany have more or less assumed that this old confrontation between the blocs has been overcome, that something like this is no longer conceivable in Europe.”
“One of the hopes of the last few decades has vanished into thin air.”
There has been fighting in eastern Ukraine since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, but for many this crisis seemed further away. Now, on the other hand, there are much more direct effects, for example due to further increases in gas and energy prices. And the mental state shouldn’t be underestimated either, according to security expert Thomas Wiegold: “For decades we all thought war was impossible in Europe. And now we all have to face the fact that it’s a conceivable possibility. I’m very excited about that what that does to our society.”
Report from Ukraine: “We only want peace!”
Suddenly nothing is like it used to be: Veronika fled Odessa on Friday night. Outside of the Ukrainian metropolis, she is now seeking protection from her grandparents. The young mother is afraid for herself and her six-year-old son Maksim. The German teacher taught her students until Wednesday, then on Thursday the rude awakening: “I woke up around 5 a.m. because I heard explosions.” She tried to withdraw as much money as possible, only a few hours later the metropolis on the Black Sea was empty. “I’m afraid to stay at home because I live in a high-rise building. That’s why I want to stay with my grandparents at the weekend. If there were explosions there too, I might flee to Moldova with my family,” says Veronika in episode 220 of “important today”. Despite Russia’s massive military offensive, she still hopes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will give in: “We don’t want this war. Of course we only want peace.”
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