“The reason for the dismissal of Melnik, it seems to me, lies in the “liver sausage”.
Still, Olaf Scholz, visiting Ukraine, could not wash off this “title”.
And, of course, the German side harbored a grudge against Ukraine because of the repeated hostile statements of the Ukrainian diplomat towards the leadership of Germany.
The ambassador was not fired immediately after the "liverwurst" scandal in order to keep up the good work and not show his society, and the whole world, that something had happened.
They waited for time and removed from diplomatic work in Germany, ”the political scientist explained.
He noted that Melnik's career could be continued.
“Still, if Melnyk’s words did not correspond to the foreign policy course of the Ukrainian president, then he would have been removed long ago.
And this means that his rhetoric and style of behavior suited official Kyiv.
Such a person can certainly find a place in the system of Ukrainian power,” Mezyuho added.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Andriy Melnyk from the post of Ambassador of Ukraine in Berlin.
The Bild edition wrote that Melnik would return to Kyiv and could take the post of deputy head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.