German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that It has no “illusions” that the war between Russia and Ukraine could end up quickly. According to the DPA report, TASR reports this. “We may have to prepare for a longer duration (war),” Merz said after negotiations with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orp in Turku in the southwest of Finland.
In history, conflicts usually ended when one or both parties have been exhausted, whether in the field of army or economy, Merz said. “We are still far away from that war,” The office claims to take office in early May and undertook to continue supporting Ukraine. “The political order we established together with Russia after 1990 is questioned,” said Merz. “We are threatened and we defend ourselves against it,” stressed.
According to the office, the recent joint efforts of the European Union, Britain and the United States, which aimed to put pressure on Russia and push it to the ceasefire, failed. “But from the beginning I did not make the illusions that this happens very quickly,” Merz said and stressed that Russia is currently not interested in a ceasefire, DPA writes. “As a result, Ukraine must continue to defend itself and we must intensify our efforts so that Ukraine can defend itself,” added the office.
