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Scholz Rules Out Sending Warplanes To Ukraine

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, speaking with Maybrit Illner on ZDF, has stated that it currently "makes no sense" to send warplanes to Ukraine.

  • Scholz said in reference to the planes that delays in sending tanks to Ukraine shows why it is important to coordinate deliveries, hinting at more significant logistical challenges in sending fighter planes.
  • Scholz: "At some point Putin will have to understand he won't succeed in his war aims."
  • Scholz also cautioned on the risk of Ukraine using western weapons to launch attacks inside territory of the Russian Federation, saying such a move "would not be clever".
  • Scholz will travel to India this weekend with a delegation of German CEOs for talks focused on trade and business.
  • German Ambassador to India Dr Philipp Ackermann told reporters today that, although the trip is primary a commercial junket, the Ukraine war will be central to discussions.
  • Ackermann: "We have seen President Biden in Ukraine, and we have seen Putin's speech, so this will be a very important item on the agenda."

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