Berlin castigated this Wednesday, September 21 the partial mobilization of Russians of fighting age announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it “act of desperation» the recent decisions of Vladimir Putin who notably announced a partial mobilization of Russian reservists to fight in Ukraine and referendums in territories in the east of the country.
Vladimir”Putin only makes things worse. From the start, he completely underestimated the situation, and the Ukrainians’ will to resist.said the Chancellor in a short statement on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. “Russia cannot win this deadly war“, he added.
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For Chancellor Olaf Scholz, this announcement “shows that the Russian attack in Ukraine is not successful“, said a spokesman for the German government, Wolfgang Büchner, during a regular press briefing in Berlin.
And it also shows that Ukraine defends itself effectively “thanks to the massive support (…) of many countries, including Germany», Believes Olaf Scholz quoted by Wolfgang Büchner.
“Policy of Escalation”
Previously, the German Vice-Chancellor, Robert Habeck, had castigated this Wednesday, September 21 the partial mobilization of Russians of fighting age announced by President Vladimir Putin, a “serious and bad step“.
“With the partial mobilization, Russia is practicing a policy of escalating this war of aggression in violation of international law. This is a serious and wrong step that we strongly condemn“, reacted on Twitter Robert Habeck, who is also Minister of Economy and Climate.
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For the German Minister of Finance, the liberal Christian Lindner, the mobilization shows that the war willstill last a long time“, which obliges to take “economic and political arrangementshe told the foreign press in Berlin.
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