The battle in Ukraine may final for years, German International Minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned, assuring the nation’s continued help from Europe’s largest financial system.
“We must be ready for the likelihood that the battle may final for years,” she informed Germany’s Bild am Sonntag in an interview printed on Sunday. This means that Ukraine should still must be supplied with heavy weaponry subsequent summer season, she added.
“Ukraine is defending our freedom, safety structure too and we help Ukraine financially and militarily for so long as mandatory,” she was quoted as saying.
The overseas minister additionally defended Ukraine’s declare to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was seized by Russia in 2014. “Crimea can be a part of Ukraine. The world by no means acknowledged the unlawful annexation of 2014,” she mentioned.
