Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that the war in Ukraine is losing the focus of public attention. "Ukraine needs our support all the more now that war is also raging in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine is no longer receiving the attention it so urgently needs. Putin's calculation is that the world should forget about Ukraine," said Steinmeier at the German-Ukrainian municipal partnership conference in Leipzig on Wednesday. Germany must not and will not do the Russian president this favor. "We will not get used to Russia's unlawful and inhumane war of aggression," said Steinmeier.
In February 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine. War has been raging there ever since. According to Steinmeier, this war does not differentiate between metropolitan areas, cities and villages. "It affects everyone in Ukraine." That is why it is important that there is support not only between governments, but also between cities and municipalities. "There is no more long-term, no more sustainable support than these ties between the people in our two countries."
