STORY: Note: This post will be broadcast without narration. O-Ton Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP), Foreign Minister Austria: “We have to reckon with the fact that the brutality of the war in Ukraine will increase. We have a strong impression that Putin is throwing all military power to the East. The pictures in Butscha got under our skin. And it is precisely against this background that Chancellor Nehammer was in Kyiv this weekend and is in Moscow today. The decision to visit was made after talks with President Zelenskyy and after contacts with Chancellor Scholz, President Erdogan , the leaders of the European Union, von der Leyen and Charles Michel. And the point is simply that we don’t want to miss any opportunity, we have to seize every opportunity to end the humanitarian hell in Ukraine. And the Federal Chancellor is very supportive of that clear messages of a humanitarian nature and political nature.Every voice that shows President Putin how the reality is outside the walls of the Kremlin is not a lost voice. It’s not impossible, of course. But actually, we discussed the visit in such a way that there is only one-on-one talks here, no media. And then no press appointments either. That means that everything is done from our office to ensure that it is not abused. And I think it should be in his own interest that someone tells him the truth and that he really finds out what’s going on outside. And I believe that is necessary. We owe it to ourselves if we want to save lives. If we want to end this humanitarian hell in Ukraine, then we must not miss a single opportunity.”