Germany’s foreign minister says supporting Ukraine’s self-defence is the “best protection” for peace in Europe.
Annalena Baerbock was responding to a question at COP29 about whether Germany was reconsidering allowing Ukraine to use German missiles.She says Russian President Vladimir Putin used “missiles which hadn’t been used before” with the aim of discouraging European countries from supporting Ukraine.
“Playing with fear was a recipe which Putin used already,” she adds.
“The best protection of our European peace is to support Ukraine in its self-defence until Putin stops this horrible war.”