The relationship between Germany and the Ukrainian ambassador Andriy Melnyk was anything but harmonious, the Ukrainian often put German politics under pressure. Now he admits that he may regret one or the other statement.
He called Chancellor Olaf Scholz a liver sausage, railed against the German procrastinators and constantly campaigned for more support for his country: The Ukrainian ambassador Melnyk is considered controversial in this country. Now he is leaving office. His job as Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin will end in a few days, after which he will become deputy foreign minister in Kyiv.
In one of his last appearances as ambassador in Germany, Melnyk still finds conciliatory words. “Of course there are many statements that one regrets afterwards. We’re all human,” Melnyk told the Tagesspiegel. “This review will also come for me at some point, when I will say: How could I have been so loud and rude since the beginning of the war?” said the Ukrainian. “But I still have to tell you that I don’t regret it. I don’t regret what I did here in Germany.”
Shortly before returning to his homeland, he also raved about the German armaments industry, about which he often complained that not enough of it was arriving in the Ukraine. “I have to tell you, I’ve become a connoisseur of the German armaments industry,” said Melnyk. “You can be proud of this industry.”
To the Germans that might sound awful, since nobody likes war. “We are also against war. But we didn’t want this war, it was forced on us,” said Melnyk. “That’s the good news: The weapons that you produce here are in some respects even better than what the Americans produce,” said Melnyk. “You can save lives with these weapons.”
