Randahl Fink3d ago

Just as Ukraine is reaching a turning point, German Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz wants to freeze the front line.

I think the Bundeskanzler is forgetting that he lives in one of Europe's most successful democracies, not because we stopped World War 2 in the Ardennes, but because we continued all the way to Berlin where Hitler killed himself.

In Germany 1945 as in Ukraine 2026: Evil must lose completely.

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article6a3cfee8afe845031b3adc04/ukraine-krieg-frontlinie-einfrieren-und-toeten-beenden-merz-ruft-zu-friedensverhandlungen-auf.html

Ukraine-Krieg: „Frontlinie einfrieren und Töten beenden“ – Merz ruft zu Friedensverhandlungen auf

Bei der Wiederaufbau-Konferenz in Danzig hat Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Russland zu Verhandlungen aufgerufen. Der Kreml beharrt jedoch auf seinen Maximalforderungen. Die Ukraine erhält derweil die erste Zahlung des 90 Milliarden Euro schweren Unterstützungsdarlehens der EU.

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Show threadMarc Riese3d ago

@randahl While I could confirm Merz's quote about the front line from other news portals as well, I just want to note that you need to be wary of welt.de.

Welt belongs to Axel Springer and they are known to not be neutral in their reporting. They even allowed Musk to write an advertising article for the AfD two years ago. They are climate change denialists, and they shared other right-wing conspiracy myths in the past, too.
They are just more eloquent than Bild.

Show threadRandahl Fink3d ago
@marcr thank you for making me aware of the potential bias. While I have a clear idea about the bias in American media, German media is less known to me.
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@randahl @marcr

Cannot boost this thread enough. There is no peace agreement that Russia will honor.

There are other sources of the story.

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-wont-win-this-war-german-chancellor-calls-for-immediate-peace-talks-in-gdansk-20171

“Russia Won’t Win This War”: German Chancellor Calls for Immediate Peace Talks in Gdańsk

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for immediate negotiations to freeze the front line and "end the killing" in Ukraine.

UNITED24 Media
Jun 26 at 7:37pmWeb