Johann WadePhul at Caren Miosga: “Nato lives in peace with Russia”

In the 18th minute, moderator Caren Miosga asks a crucial question to Federal Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul (CDU): “Do we still live in peace with Russia?” In view of Russian drones about Poland and Russian fighter jets of type MIG-31 above the Baltic Sea in airspace from the Estonia a legitimate question. WadePhul replies: “NATO still lives in peace Russiayes “. But then he restricts:” We do not live in a full peace where there are no injuries to sovereign rights at all. “

Christoph von Marschall, diplomatic correspondent of the “Tagesspiegel”, answers more clearly: “We are no longer in peace. Certainly not.” Attacking acts is destroyed data cable and Drone Unknown origin on Bundeswehr barracks. “We are already in a kind of unexplained war.”

Nevertheless, WadePhul not only calls for prudence at “Caren Miosga”. “We stand together, we keep cool heads and don’t let ourselves be floated into an escalation,” said the CDU politician before he left a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw. “At the same time, we leave no doubt that we are determined and willing to ward off every threat together.”

The injuries to the NATO airspace by Moscow are “not errors, but conscious attacks in the gray area,” warned Wadephul. They are part of the hybrid aggression of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Such provocations are dangerous and have only one goal: to test our determination.”

During a Russian air raid on Ukraine, a large number of drones into the airspace of Poland and thus NATO flew two and a half weeks ago. For the first time, the Polish Air Force and other NATO allies shot some of the missiles.