Feminist Alice Schwarzer would like to see more moderate tones from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"I regret that Selenskyj does not stop provoking," she told the German Press Agency in Munich on Saturday at the presentation of the documentary film "Alice Schwarzer".
If Chancellor Olaf Scholz were to accept Zelenskyy's invitation and travel to Kyiv on May 9, it would be an "unparalleled provocation".
On the day, Russia celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Schwarzer has been in the headlines for days because of an open letter to Scholz in which she speaks out against the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine for fear of an escalation of the war with other intellectuals.
"I would also like to see a bit more nuanced tones from Ukraine," said Schwarzer, emphasizing that if you find the president's official policy "partially questionable," that doesn't mean you don't feel for the country or ignore the victims - "But on the contrary".
With the open letter in the magazine "Emma", which Martin Walser, Juli Zeh and Gerhard Polt also signed, the debate about the pros and cons of arms deliveries in this country flared up.
According to surveys, half of the people in Germany are critical of the delivery of heavy weapons.
“Our open letter knocked the cork out of the bottle.
As a result, the debate has now really got going, and that's good.
Because you have to talk about such vital issues.” Around 250,000 people have now signed the letter.
"There is little in my life that has made as much sense as initiating this open letter."