Germany Hits Back After Russian Threats

Germany has issued a response after Russian threats and accusations aimed at the Bundestag.

Julia Klöckner, President of the German parliament’s lower house, addressed a letter from Vyacheslav Volodin, her counterpart in the Russian State Duma, warning against the misuse of World War II history to defend Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“Anyone who instrumentalizes the history of World War II to justify a war of aggression, contrary to international law, against their neighbor, mocks the memory of the real victims,” Klöckner stated Monday, according to EFE and reported by Agerpres and Digi24.

Klöckner stated that Germany will not be pressured or swayed, whether in its foreign policy or its view of history.

“The German Bundestag will not be intimidated,” she said.

Rejecting Russian Claims

Klöckner pushed back firmly against Russian claims that Ukraine is governed by a fascist regime.

“There is no fascist regime in Kyiv,” she said, adding that the Russian parliament “would do well to demand an end to the war” initiated by Vladimir Putin.

Russia’s war in Ukraine, she noted, is a “brutal war of aggression” that violates international law and attacks the rights of a sovereign country.

“We oppose all attempts to confuse the aggressor and the victim,” she said.

The German parliament’s leader also responded to attempts by the Russian Duma to rewrite the history of World War II.

Volodin criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for recognizing the role of the United States in defeating Nazi Germany without mentioning the Soviet Union.

Volodin used this as the basis for threatening Germany and making claims that the West is supporting terrorism in Ukraine.

Klöckner responded by acknowledging the Soviet Union’s role, along with that of the US, France, and Commonwealth countries, in liberating Germany from Nazism.

She also emphasized that many Ukrainian soldiers fought as part of the Soviet army during the war.

“Germany stands for democracy, freedom, and self-determination,” she said, warning against “reinterpreting history to justify violence today.”