“They are very effective and in this regard they will be very useful,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Thus, he answered the question of whether German Leopard 2 tanks could influence the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that the recognition of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock that the West is “waging war against Russia” speaks of a pre-planned war against Moscow, especially if we add to this the revelations of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel .
Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party Petr Bystron expressed the opinion that Scholz, with his decision to supply tanks to Ukraine, “thrown overboard” the foundation of the post-war period, which Berlin relied on in its policy.
He recalled that Germany's special responsibility for the victims of World War II was meaningful.