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It was very noticeable when this week British military flights delivering weapons to Ukraine deliberately avoided German airspace - so much so that Berlin issued a statement clarifying that the German government had not demanded this ahead of time, saying it has "not denied access to its airspace as the UK did not submit a request, there has been no dispute between the UK and Germany on this issue."Russia has repeatedly stated that it has no intention to invade Ukraine. However one can see from the above that it has every reason to be concerned, and to prepare for a number of eventualities.
On Thursday the Biden administration authorized US-made arms to be "rushed delivered" via third party countries to Kiev in order to deter any possible 'Russian aggression' - namely from the Baltic allies of Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia - this raised the question of whether German would allow for the same indirect weapons transfers.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed German's "hesitation" to deliver arms. This also as German government spokesman reaffirmed "The principle governing arms exports" which "is always the same — whether they come directly from Germany or from third countries — and no permission has been issued at this stage."
At the same time, it's been revealed that Germany's chancellor turned down a request to meet with President Joe Biden on Ukraine, saying it was too "short notice" - though there's speculation it was again more about not angering Russia and avoidance of getting too deeply involved at his intense moment of the Russia-Ukraine standoff.
"Germany has not supported the export of lethal weapons in recent years," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told a news conference on Friday.But they sold it to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, it seems. Lying bastard.
At the same time, it's been revealed that Germany's chancellor turned down a request to meet with President Joe Biden on Ukraine, saying it was too "short notice" - though there's speculation it was again more about not angering Russia ...A war with Russia, even if limited, would be his end. Angry people are on the streets already. Without energy and fuel, he and the other minions would have to flee the country.
In its article "Putin is on fire - but Scholz falls short of Biden", the publication reports the disagreements between Germany and the United States over the assessment of the situation around Ukraine, as well as the alleged failed meeting of the two leaders.
According to Spiegel, Biden offered the German chancellor a "short-term face-to-face meeting" in Washington to discuss the risks of war. But Scholz refused, citing a busy schedule.
The German news agency RND turned to the White House for comment. The National Security Council representative in the White House vehemently denied this information.
"It didn't happen and it's completely made up," he said on Friday.
He stressed that "this relationship is not correct". According to her, in fact, the German side has proposed dates, "and we are responding to them". The Washington government is looking forward to meeting the Chancellor in February.
The federal government has also previously denied this information.
On the eve it was learned that the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, secretly visited the capitals of Germany and Ukraine a few days before Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to these countries. In Berlin, Burns met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and briefed him and German intelligence about possible scenarios for the development of events in Ukraine and Russia.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the United States sent the CIA chief to Berlin and Kiev to convince European countries to unite around a tougher response to Moscow and to support Ukraine. As the newspaper notes, this is complicated by the close economic ties between European countries and Russia.
The head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schoenbach, is confident that the reunification of Crimea with Russia is a fait accompli and that the peninsula will never return to Ukraine.
"There is no Crimean peninsula, it will never return (to Ukraine, - about RV)," Schönbach said during a conference organized by the Indian Institute for Defense Studies Manohara Parrikara; a similar statement by Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Richard Sulik. The republic's economy minister expressed confidence that Crimea will forever remain a part of Russia.