German government responds to data on participation of German companies in construction in Mariupol

The German government has commented on the journalistic investigation revealing how German companies provided Russia with construction materials in occupied Mariupol.

Source: European Pravda; Tagesschau

Details: Berlin warns German companies against participating in Russian projects in the occupied city.

A foreign ministry spokesperson said that the so-called "reconstruction" only serves Russian propaganda.

"Every company that does this should ask itself what service it provides," the spokesperson added.

In turn, a spokesperson for the ministry of economy added that the customs service and the prosecutor's office should find out whether German companies have violated sanctions.

Background:

• The German TV channel ARD revealed that products from Knauf and WKB Systems companies were being used in construction works in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol
• Earlier, a journalist from the German public broadcaster ZDF, Armin Körper, who heads the channel's Moscow office, filmed a story that distorts the picture of life in Russian-occupied Mariupol.
• Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makieiev, reacted to the story, adding that the story had caused a sharply negative reaction among many German experts and journalists he knew, including Körper's colleagues at ZDF.

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