The head of the defense committee in the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, criticized the decisions made by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which, in her opinion, enabled a full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine.
As European Truth reports, Strack-Zimmermann expressed this opinion in an interview with the German TV channels RTL and n-tv.
She recalled that in 2008, many supporters of the early acceptance of Ukraine in NATO, but Germany and France opposed it because of Russia's position.
According to the politician, the fact that the Ukrainians did not join NATO "was a big mistake on the part of the French and Angela Merkel at that time."
Strack-Zimmermann also believes that after a full-scale attack by Russia, Germany should have sided with Ukraine and supported it with weapons. But we will have to "rewrite the history of Angela Merkel, especially the history of the last few years and complete miscalculations."
Commenting on the prospects of the conflict, the head of the Bundestag's defense committee suggested that it is likely to last less long than World War I or World War II. At the same time, she added, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, did not count on Ukraine's broad and stable support.
As you know, at the Bucharest NATO Summit in 2008, Germany and France blocked the provision of an action plan for NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia, fearing escalation from Russia. Since then, the Alliance has only promised both countries entry "one day".
After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Merkel refused to admit that her decision could have led to Russian aggression.
