Ukraine war: Military expert Mölling complains about indifference

Podcast “Ukraine – the situation”
Military expert Mölling complains about indifference towards the Ukraine war

Security expert Christian Mölling warns that Russia’s war against Ukraine is taking a back seat. Because that also endangers security in Germany.

Security expert Christian Mölling has warned against forgetting that it is in the Ukraine also about Germany’s security. “This war is very far away in people’s minds,” he said on Friday star-Podcast “Ukraine – the situation”. Mölling added: “We slip back into the position of watching television and don’t even see that we have responsibility for what is happening. And therefore also for our own safety.” The research director of the German Society for Foreign Policy recalled that the NATO states had unanimously determined that a war on their territory in Europe could no longer be ruled out. However, this existential threat is not sufficiently recognized. Indifference is spreading where “at one point there was an understanding that the security of Ukraine is inextricably linked to the security of Europe.” Particularly in the German debate, there was an undertone that a loss of Ukraine – or parts of Ukraine – could be tolerated.

“It’s almost unbearable that Europeans are now putting their hands in their pockets again”

Expressly concluded Mölling the federal government and the Chancellery in his criticism. The Chancellor’s key security advisors obviously did not fully understand what NATO’s statement meant that war on European alliance territory was conceivable again. “That actually worries me,” he said. “Parts of the government are of the opinion that they are doing everything they have to do, but basically everyone now has to realize that at some point they will have to negotiate anyway and then they will no longer have to deliver the Taurus.” As with the Taurus cruise missile, the supply of the extremely important artillery ammunition to Ukraine from the West is inadequate. Mölling pointed out that 40 percent of the artillery ammunition coming from Europe was not exported to Ukraine, but to other countries. It is “almost unbearable that the Europeans are now putting their hands back in their pockets and saying: Sorry, we just couldn’t deliver.”

The security expert demanded that delivery promises to Ukraine be kept, even if this cost more money than initially planned. “Time is more critical than costs,” emphasized Mölling. If other customers could not be served for deliveries to Ukraine and contractual penalties were incurred as a result, these would simply have to be paid. It’s about setting clear priorities. Instead, they “mentally downshift two or three gears.”

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