Controversial statement from the Vatican: Wagenknecht gives his blessing to the Pope's proposal

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BSW boss Sahra Wagenknecht: “Many countries also demand this”

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In connection with the war in Ukraine, the Pope recently spoke of the courage to raise the “white flag.”

There was a lot of criticism for this, but now support is coming: BSW chairwoman Sahra Wagenknecht has backed Pope Francis.

It is “amazing how the Pope's statements are reflected in Germany,” said Wagenknecht in an interview with the television station Welt-TV.

In other countries the discussion is different, Wagenknecht explained.

»The Pope did not ask Ukraine to surrender at all.

He even explicitly said: Anyone who negotiates does not surrender, but rather it is about putting an end to this dying.

Many countries are also demanding this.” The front is shifting more and more to the detriment of Ukraine.

"That's why it's urgently necessary to try to negotiate now instead of facing defeat with full eyes."

Francis had said in an interview about the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine: "When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate." Francis also called for "the courage to surrender "To the white flag" asked.

To which he replied: »It's a question of perspective.

But I think that the stronger is the one who recognizes the situation, who thinks about the people, who has the courage of the white flag to negotiate." The Vatican later tried to appease and counter representations that the Pope had asked Ukraine to surrender .

Russia unable to “invade Poland tomorrow”

Wagenknecht also commented on statements made by Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD), who said with a view to modernizing the Bundeswehr: "We have to become ready for war." The BSW politician said she doesn't think so.

"On the contrary, we must do everything we can to avoid being drawn into wars."

In any case, she does not expect any further aggression from the Russian troops.

In their estimation, “an army that was clearly incapable of taking Kiev” would be incapable of “invading Poland tomorrow and marching through the Brandenburg Gate the day after.”

Wagenknecht continues: "I think it's not a question of wanting, but also a question of ability."

After a Ukrainian offensive stalled last year, Russia has taken the initiative in many places on the front lines and made some territorial gains, although at the cost of serious losses.

According to experts, the advantage currently lies with Russia, which could gain further terrain.

But the war is not lost for Ukraine.

Sol