After Germany made a 100 billion-dollar decision on the military, Scholz says Putin will pay it dearly
(4 years ago)German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Sunday that “very soon the Russian leadership will feel what high price it will have to pay” for the invasion of Ukraine, after announcing it will increase the budget for the German Army in a special session with lawmakers, CNN reports. Russian President Vladimir Putin “does not want [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not change his path overnight”, Scholz said.
We decided that Germany would hand over weapons to Ukraine to protect itself. Putin's aggression means that we can't give any further answers to”, he added.
Scholz also cited the package of sanctions against Russia, which said it is unprecedented.
The Russian attack on Ukraine is the disgusting “he violates international law, he cannot justify”, Scholz said.
The terrible images we see from Kiev, Marioupolis, show how unscrupulous Putin is. This is so unfair, Ukrainian pain, it's really close to our hearts”, he said.
Scholz cited the EU's decision to remove Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system and said the <x0banks and Russian companies would be cut off from funding. We will focus on the oligarchs in the EU. We have punitive measures against Putin and the people around him”.
“We have to support Ukraine in this desperate situation and we have done this over the past few weeks and months, the attack on Ukraine means we are at a new time. As Democrats, as Europeans, we are on your side, on the right side of history”, Scholz said.
Germany changes approach, decides to invest 100 billion euros in military