Ukrainian ambassador to German intellectuals: "Go to hell", "loosers"!
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Andrij Melnyk has told 21 German intellectuals calling for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine to "go to hell."
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Andrij Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, cracking his knuckles.
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has done it again!
Andrij Melnyk, who has recently called German chancellor Olaf Scholz a sausage, has told 21 German intellectuals calling for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine to "go to hell."
The signatories that signed the open letter were called on the West to make Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky negotiate peace.
He went on to call the signatories "pseudo-intellectual loosers (sic)."
Nicht schon wieder, what a bunch of pseudo-intellectual loosers 🤦♂️
— Andrij Melnyk (@MelnykAndrij) June 29, 2022
Ihr alle Varwicks, Vads, Kluges, Prechts, Yogeshwars, Zehs & Co. sollt euch endlich mit euren defätistischen „Ratschlägen“ zum Teufel scheren. Tschüßhttps://t.co/maeCCkxrBU pic.twitter.com/R6W19c66om
Addressing some of the intellectuals with their last names, he wrote they “should go to hell with [their] defeatist advice.”
The letter which was published in Germany's Die Zeit newspaper on Wednesday, titled "Ceasefire now!", included philosophers, academics, journalists and ex-diplomats.
According to the signatories, it is the EU’s duty to “restore and secure peace on the continent.” Countries should come up with a strategy to bring the war to an end, according to the document.
“Ukraine has so far been able to defend itself against the brutal Russian aggressive war thanks to, among other things, massive sanctions and military support,” they argued.
The intellectuals see that it is highly unlikely that Ukraine will regain control of Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea, and that Russia is “militarily superior and has the ability to mount further military escalation.”
Read more: +50,000 sign petition urging Scholz to stop heavy weapons supplies
With that being said, they urged Western nations to consider “what goal they are pursuing and whether (and for how long) weapons deliveries are still the right way.”
The ongoing conflict and the deliveries of weapons will mean more deaths by the thousands and “massive humanitarian, economic and ecological emergencies all around the world,” referring to food shortages in Arica and food prices on the rise.
Finally, the intellectuals see that there should be an opposition to the war in Ukraine, but the continuation of the war "is not the solution."
Last week, Germany announced that it will send Kiev two to three more self-propelled Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers.
Ukraine has been asking Europe for 18 German-made PzH 2000 howitzers to fully arm their artillery battalion, according to the DPA news agency. Germany has sent 7 howitzers and the Netherlands donated 5.
Read next: German civil society calls on Scholz to stop Ukraine arms deliveries
