“Many in Germany are striving to reconcile Ukrainians and Russians as soon as possible, which is an absolute nightmare for our compatriots after the traumas they have experienced,” Melnyk explained.
At the same time, he pointed out that his phrase about the allegedly bad attitude towards Ukrainians in Germany, which caused outrage, was taken out of context during the debate, when opponents of arms supplies to Ukraine used the argument about helping Ukrainian refugees. The ambassador also recalled that he thanked for the support and apologized “to those tens of thousands of German volunteer citizens whom he could offend.”
