Merkel commented on the Russia-Ukraine conflict for the first time

Military campaign of Russia in Ukraine has marked a “major crisis point”, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her public address on June 1, her first speech in about six months.

The former German chancellor expressed his opposition to the hostilities and voiced support for Kiev. “I stand in solidarity with Ukraine,” Merkel said, stressing that she supported the “right to self-defence” of Ukrainians.

Angela Merkel also supports “all efforts” of the current German government, led by Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, as well as the efforts of the EU, US, NATO and the United Nations to ” prevent” this conflict.

Former Chancellor of Germany warns, no one can really predict the consequences that the Ukrainian conflict will have on the world. Merkel also called for unity within the EU, stressing that “we should never take peace and freedom for granted”.

Mrs. Merkel gave her first talk on the Ukraine war in a speech to about 200 guests at a farewell party for the head of the Union of Trade Unions. Virtue (DGB) Reiner Hoffmann is leaving his post.