“With all caution, with all the responsibility that we have, we must not allow ourselves to be fooled by this renewed provocation, but we must now continue to support Ukraine with full responsibility for peace in Europe,” said Baerbock. “The arms deliveries will continue because they will save lives”she assured.
The international community will make it clear “that you can never accept a so-called vote held at gunpoint in the head,” said the Foreign Minister, referring to the mock referendums in the occupied territories. The fact that these were announced at the start of the UN General Assembly in New York shows “how much the Russian President tramples on the United Nations, international law, actually every other state in the world”. Because the Russian war of aggression is now even more in the focus of the assembly, which signals to other countries that their issues and concerns are not really given space. “Since he is currently not making any progress militarily, he is now taking this step,” said Baerbock. The Russian “regime” massively underestimated “that you can’t march through to Kyiv in a few days”. Putin also underestimated the international unity in rejecting such a breach of international law.