Ukrainian diplomat Melnyk apologizes for not 'well-considered words'

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2025-09-07

Berlin (dpa) - The former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, has apologized for at times impulsive remarks made during his time in Berlin. "That was a true state of emergency," he told Germany's Stern magazine with regard to the first months of the full-scale Russian war against Ukraine. "I often had to act very impulsively to persuade the Germans to help us." In doing so, he said he was not always able to find "well-considered wor......

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