Scholz: War in Ukraine could last too long

“We should be afraid that it will last longer, although surely we want every day to be different”, Scholz said during a question-responding session with citizens in the town of Cotbus southeast of Berlin near the Polish border.

The war was “associated with incredible loss” on both sides, Scholz said. Only Russia had lost somewhere between 30,000,000 and 100,000 soldiers, he said. The two would be unimaginable sums,” he said.

As a result of the new threat situation, Scholz spoke in favour of a closer liaison of Germany's armed forces, Bundeswehr and the arms industry, for example, to prevent the lack of ammunition.