Ukraine live ticker: Ukraine separates from commander on critical section of the front

The new EU foreign affairs representative Kaja Kallas has clearly criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s (SPD) course in Ukraine. “Ukraine needs more long-range weapons, more ammunition, so that it is strong when negotiations come. The stronger Ukraine is militarily, the stronger it is at the negotiating table. That should be our focus,” Kallas told the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” . Scholz has repeatedly rejected delivery of the long-range Taurus cruise missile to Ukraine.

Kallas also expressed criticism of the Chancellor’s refusal To name Ukraine’s victory in the defensive war against Russia as a goal. “I don’t understand why people are afraid to use those words,” she said. It’s about simple questions: “Do you want international rules to apply? Do you want a world in which strength does not triumph over right? Are the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity enshrined in the United Nations Charter and should they be be respected? If you answer yes to all of these questions, then you have to want Ukraine to win.”

Kallas spoke in favor of one Admission of Ukraine into NATO to protect the country from Russia. “I believe NATO membership is the security guarantee that works,” she said. Like a number of other heads of state and government in the alliance, Scholz is skeptical about the prospects for Ukraine joining NATO in the foreseeable future.