German navy chief resigns over Putin comments

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BERLIN: Germany\u0027s navy chief stepped down on Saturday (Jan 22) after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow. \u0022I have asked Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht to relieve me from my duties with immediate e

BERLIN: Germany's navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow.

Diplomatic efforts are focused on preventing an escalation. Russia denies it is planning to invade Ukraine. Schoenbach conceded Russia's actions in Ukraine needed to be addressed. But he added that"the Crimea peninsula is gone, it will never come back, this is a fact", contradicting the joint Western position that Moscow's annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 cannot be accepted and must be reversed.

 

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