The mobilization and the attempt by Russia to annex large parts of the Donbass by referendum will also change the debate about arms deliveries in Germany. The federal government and its partners must now decide how to react to this.
The Vice Chancellor had to react first. Robert Habeck actually went to the press in Berlin to announce the nationalization of Uniper, but was then also asked about the partial mobilization in Russia ordered shortly before by President Vladimir Putin: That was a “bad and wrong step,” answered the green one Federal Minister of Economics on Wednesday morning in Berlin. Germany will continue to support Ukraine “fully” in the future.