Angela Merkel breaks silence, in a first denounces Russia's 'barbaric' war on Ukraine

In her first public response in more than six months, former German chancellor Angela Merkel condemned Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine, labelling it a breach of international law and a "profound break" since Europe after World War II. "My solidarity is with Ukraine, which was attacked and inved by Russia, and with supporting its right to self-defence," Merkel said on Wednesday evening in a speech, German brocasters reported. four-term chancellor of Berlin h been reluctant to weigh in on ongoing conflict from sidelines.

Merkel asks to end barbaric war of aggression by Russia

Openly speaking against Russian assaults on Ukrainian territory, Merkel in a public speech said that she supports efforts undertaken by current German government to send weaponry to Ukraine to defend its sovereignty. She also lauded European Union, United States, NATO, G7 and UN  for ensuring “this barbaric war of aggression by Russia is stopped.” Merkel who h le Germany with steiness, resolve and pragmatism as chancellor h asked Germans and incoming government to go forward with a “lightness of heart” and “look at world from or people’s perspectives as well” during farewell military hours from Bundeswehr.  As Moscow inved Ukraine, Merkel was rarely heard making her stance public. 

On June 1, however, former German Chancellor expressed solidarity with Ukraine as she urged new chancellor to  "find an end to this barbaric war.” "My solidarity goes to Ukraine,”Merkel reportedly said, during speech commemorating outgoing president of DGB tre union confederation. Merkel was widely criticised by United States and allies for supporting rd Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia that would have me bloc dependent on Moscow energy supplies.

Merkel's successor, Olaf Scholz, scrapped project. She h also suggested speaking with Russian President Vlimir Putin after annexation of Crimea, a statement that h attracted criticism from Kyiv. Recently, Ulrich Mats, a friend of Merkel’s clarified to German magazine that war did matter to former chancellor but she h decided t to get involved in controversies.