Kiev’s 50-year-old mayor former heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko slammed Germany for not following the U.S. and U.K. of supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons to defend its territory against a possible Russian invasion. “So the question arises: On whose side is the German government today?” asked Klitschko. “One the side of freedom, which means—Urkaine? Or on the side of the aggressor?” Klitscho wrote on Facebook. Whether Klitschko is punch-drunk from he former career is anyone’s guess. But his contempt for the Federal Republic of Germany is astonishing. Germany said it was unwilling to supply arms to Ukraine because they don’t see it leading to a diplomatic solution of the current Ukraine crisis, largely manufactured by Ukraine and the United States. Ukraine has sought NATO membership since 43-year-old Voldodymyr Zelensky became president in 2019.
Klitschko has a lot of nerve slamming Germany to not selling Ukraine offensive weapons at a time when Western power are trying to resolve the current crisis diplomatically. U.S. President Joe Biden, 79, has done just about everything to offend 69-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden said at last week’s Jan. 19 press conference that he thought it was “imminent” Putin would invade. Putin has told Western power and the press he has no intent of invading Ukraine, despite massing some 100,000 troops inside Russia near the Ukrainian border. As presented by Biden, Russian intends to invade Ukraine again, requiring Western powers to arm Ukraine with offensive weapons. Biden presents no facts, no evidence, not proof of a Russian invasion other than vague un-sourced reports, all accusing Putin of plotting to invade Ukraine’s pro-Russian Eastern frontier.
Klitschko’s comments reflect the arrogance in Kiev that they can continue the Russian invasion narrative to seek offensive weapons from Western powers. When Germany says not so fast, Klitschko denounces Germany as being soft on Putin. With the anti-Russian hysteria on both sides of the Atlantic, there’s no reality to the Ukraine situation, other than propaganda coming from Washington and Kiev. Putin was supposed to invade weeks ago if you listened to Western press sources. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz doesn’t buy all the hype coming from Washington and Kiev, suggesting an imminent Russian invasion. Putin seized Crimea March 1, 2014 only a CIA-backed coup toppled the Kremlin-backed government of Viktor Yanukovych. No Western official or media source ever acknowledges what happened Feb. 22, 2014 when Klitschko chased Yanukovych out of Kiev.
Germany buys about 40% of its energy from Russia and has no interest in joining Biden’s anti-Putin mob, all because of a personal vendetta. Putin asked the U.S. to respond in writing to his demands to keep Ukraine out of NATO, but, more importantly, to keep Ukraine from being an armed camp for the West. Putin asked the U.S. and NATO to stop using Ukraine as a military base only miles from the Russian border. Scholz wants no part of the current anti-Putin hysteria, where the Russian leader is blamed for just about everything in the West. According to a 2020 Pew poll, more that 50% of East German and 35% of West Germans support a cooperative relationship with Moscow over one of confrontation. Germany understands from their history of aggression in Europe the price paid for war. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a balance between pragmatism and confrontation.
Germany strikes a balanced tone when in comes to Ukraine, recognizing Ukraine’s needs and, at the same times, the need for diplomacy and peace. If you listen to Biden, you’d think Putin has already invaded Ukraine’s Eastern Donbass region. But Biden’s prediction of war with Ukraine hasn’t happened, not because of his “gunboat diplomacy” because Putin has nothing to gain by it. When he seized Crimea March 1, 2014, it was to protect his Sevastopol naval base. Biden thinks the EU is all in on his confrontation with Putin. But truth be told, the EU and NATO want no part of Biden’s vendetta with Putin, preferring instead diplomacy over confrontation. With French President Emmanuel Macron meeting with Putin soon, there’s growing value place on diplomacy over Biden’s aggressive path. No one in the EU or NATO wants an economic or shooting war with Russia.
Putin wants the U.S. and NATO to stop supplying lethal arms to Ukraine, whose Eastern frontier shares a border with the Russian Federation. Biden must do more that accuse Putin of plotting a Ukraine invasion, when he has only pure conjecture to back up his accusations. EU officials are beginning to see that the case against Putin is a flimsy one, the same kind of case made by the Western press against anyone that disagrees with their liberal practices. Germany’s decision to not sell lethal weapons to Ukraine speaks volumes about Biden’s case against Putin. It’s all based on conjecture, not real facts requiring evidence and proof. Whatever Germany’s business ties to Moscow, the decision to not sell lethal arms to Ukraine is based on good logic and common sense. European leaders like Macron are likely to press Putin for diplomacy, not the path of more confrontation.
