The Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Melnyk sees no reason for an apology after his attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

"It's not about apologizing, it's about making the right policy these days," he told Deutschlandfunk on Friday morning.

"It's not about whether you feel offended or not, it's about whether you help us not to lose in this war and to save lives."

The problem that stood in the way has now been cleared up by the phone call between the two Presidents Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Volodymyr Zelenskyj.

The irritation arose after the Ukrainian side rejected a visit to Kyiv by Federal President Steinmeier in mid-April, accusing him of pursuing a pro-Russian policy as a former foreign minister.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz then initially refused his own visit.

Melnyk therefore called Scholz an "offended liver sausage" and was heavily criticized for it in Germany.

Melnyk: "Not a millimeter progress" in tank delivery

Steinmeier and Selenskyj then phoned each other on Thursday.

Irritations from the past had been cleared up, it was said afterwards.

Selenskyj invited both Steinmeier personally and the entire federal government to visit Kyiv, according to the Federal President's Office.

In an international comparison, German aid is insufficient, said Melnyk.

The federal government has so far delivered weapons worth almost 190 million euros, little Estonia worth over 200 million euros.

Weapons for 3.5 billion euros came from the USA.

He believes that there is still a lot of room for improvement in Berlin and that there is a great need for action "to help us Ukrainians in our fight for survival".

The public is given the impression that the Germans have done everything possible, said the diplomat.

However, that is often not the case.

He referred to the promise made eleven days ago to supply Gepard tanks.

"I can tell you that there hasn't been a millimeter of progress, although the German public probably believes that these machines have long been (...) at the front." Information was leaked to the public that was not correct, said Melnyk.

Melnyk criticized that there was still no agreement on the ring exchange agreed with Slovenia two weeks ago.

Slovenia has agreed to hand over tanks to Ukraine if they are replaced by equipment from Germany.

"It's about helping us not to lose in this war," said the ambassador.

He complained that he had not been able to meet with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock since the outbreak of war, although he had asked for it several times.