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Germany's Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv weeks before no-confidence vote
euronews (in English)
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02/12/2024
The visit comes weeks before the German leader is set to ask his parliament for a vote of no confidence, which he is widely expected to lose.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine only weeks before he is set to ask his parliament
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for a vote of no confidence he is widely expected to lose.
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Scholz promised the war-torn country an additional aid package worth 650 million euro at a time
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of escalating Russian attacks.
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The German leader's approach to Ukraine has come under criticism, primarily due to his
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refusal to send powerful cruise missiles to Kiev, as he argues it would risk Germany
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becoming directly involved in the conflict.
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Ukraine's ambassador to Germany called Scholz's refusal to send the weapons a blank check
00:41
for the Russians.
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Scholz drew further criticism in November after he spoke on the telephone with Russian
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President Vladimir Putin.
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A call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said undermined international efforts to isolate
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Russia.
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