“I am trying to avoid this,” RIA Novosti reports its response to a question about the risks of the country’s involvement in the conflict.
He promised that the German army would not be directly involved in this confrontation.
“There are no German soldiers in the Ukraine and never will be,” he vowed.
Earlier, during a sociological survey, the majority of Germans opposed the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. 52 percent of eligible voters believe that Germany should not supply Ukraine with cruise missiles that can be used against long-range targets, while 36 percent were in favor of this decision.
