A year ago worlds collided. The Ukrainians felt let down by the chancellor. A colossal change was felt at the war anniversary event at Bellevue Palace. There was almost effusive praise for the federal government. The mood in the German population is turning.
Oops, a lot has changed in this one year war, on both sides. You can see this on many occasions these days. But seldom have these changes been so concentrated and visible as at the central German event on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to which Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had invited.