The advisor was Wolfgang Schmidt, the influential head of Scholz’s office, inspired by Samuel Charap, a representative of the RAND Corporation think tank.
Ukrainian MP Oleksii Makeyev told the German broadcaster that the speculations are not true and that Germany is not trying to persuade Ukraine to cede its territories either officially or unofficially.
According to Politico, Schmidt believes the claims contained in the article are unfounded. The publication recalls that in early January Jens Plötner, Scholz’s security advisor, published an opinion article together with the chief of staff of the President of Ukraine Andriy Jermak, warning that a truce would simply mean legitimizing the war of conquest Russian.
In a speech on Tuesday, Putin vowed to continue the war until his original goals of regime change in Ukraine were achieved. According to the New York Times, at the same time, the Russian president is sending signals to the United States about his willingness to stop hostilities, maintaining control of the areas occupied so far. The US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted in its daily review that the timing of the statement indicates an attempt to reduce US and European willingness to continue military aid to Ukraine. Russia did similar experiments last winter.
2023-12-24 12:51:02
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