Ukrainian ambassador to Germany urges not to draw red lines in support of Ukraine

Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany, would like the Russian war against Ukraine to be a topic of the election campaign in Germany but has warned against drawing red lines in assistance to Kyiv.

Source: ZDF with reference to Makeiev’s interview with dpa 

Details: Makeiev expects the German democratic parties to take more active steps to support Ukraine.

Quote from Makeiev: "Today, more than ever, we need action. And this is what I expect from the democratic parties in this election campaign.

I believe that it is wrong to draw red lines around ourselves, but not in front of the enemy and aggressor."

Background:

• Earlier, Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor, Minister of Economy and co-leader of the Greens, criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his reluctance to provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles and expressed regret that decisions on new weapons had been made "always too late" in the past. 
• The Taurus debate has emerged again after the US authorised Ukraine to carry out strikes on Russia with long-range weapons and Germany is approaching early elections. Friedrich Merz, the leader of the largest opposition party, the CDU, who has a good chance of becoming the next chancellor, is in favour of the Taurus transfer.
• The CDU’s coalition partners are also in favour of the decision, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists that he will not do so. Also, more than 60% of Germans are against providing Ukraine with Taurus.

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