German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock calls on Putin to end ‘brutal war of aggression’
A local Kherson resident stands near her house which was destroyed by a Russian strike, as the attack on Ukraine continues. File photo: OLEKSANDR RATUSHNIAK/REUTERS
“The Russian president started this brutal war of aggression and he alone can end it,” Baerbock said in an interview with news website Table.Media. “If Russia stops bombing and withdraws its soldiers, we will have peace.” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said there’s little sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to end his war on Ukraine anytime soon “despite all international efforts.”Germany authorised deliveries of military equipment to Ukraine worth about €2.2bn last year, more than a quarter of the total approvals for arms exports of €8.4bn, according to a government report.
The defence ministry in Moscow blamed soldiers’ mobile phone use for the incident, saying it allowed Ukrainian forces to locate their co-ordinates, according to a Telegram statement. Russian military bloggers have accused defence chiefs of negligence for stationing mobilised conscripts next to a weapons depot, multiplying the casualties after Ukrainian forces fired at the base in the Russia-controlled part of eastern Ukraine with US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers.
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