According to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin is conducting against Ukraine is also “a battle against the unity of Europe.”
We must resist division and prevent the devastation of the noble project of a united Europe that we have so fervently started.
He mentioned this during a lecture in Paderborn, a city in western Germany.
“This battle is about our shared principles and our order of peace, which are the dual foundations on which our country and Ukraine’s territory are based,”
German warns Putin against waging “war against the EU”
He cautioned, without providing any information, that standing up for these ideals also means being ready to “face severe disadvantages”.
“Are we equipped for that? This is a question that will be on everyone’s mind both now and in the days, weeks, and months to come.
said he.
“Russia is not only contesting the borders, it is not only seizing the territory of a neighbouring independent and sovereign state, and it is also disputing Ukraine’s statehood,”