German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the nation in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2022. Britta Pedersen / Poole through REUTERS
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FRANKFURT, May 8 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a televised address to the nation on Sunday (May 8th), marking the anniversary of the end of World War II, assured Ukraine of solidarity in its fight against the Russian invasion.
“Putin will not win this war. Ukraine will persist,” Scholz said.
The date takes on special significance this year as two countries that were once victims of Nazi Germany, Ukraine and Russia, are now at war because Russia unleashed it, he said.
Scholz said Germany would help Ukraine with humanitarian, financial and military assistance.
There will be no peace dictated by Russia, he said, echoing remarks made by German Parliament Speaker Baerbel Bass earlier Sunday. Read more
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Report by Andreas Rinke and Vera Eckert, edited by Maria Sheehan and Kirsten Donovan
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