Dmitry Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president from 2008 until 2012 and who is currently the deputy chairman of the country’s security council, has alluded to how the Second World War ended for Germany, after that country’s parliament supported the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine.
In a post published on Thursday on his Telegram channel, Medvedev suggested that sitting German lawmakers are envious of the “laurels of their predecessors who sat in the German parliament under a different name in the last century.” The Russian official warned that a situation like that “ends sadly” for the German parliament.
The remarks came shortly after the German Bundestag passed a motion demanding that the federal government in Berlin deliver heavier and more complex weaponry to Kiev, so that Ukraine is better equipped to defend itself in the face of the Russian offensive.
Titled “Defend peace and freedom in Europe – comprehensive support for Ukraine,” the document was backed by 586 lawmakers, with 100 more voting against and seven abstaining.
Proposed by the ruling coalition and the Christian democratic opposition, the motion calls for an “acceleration of the delivery of more effective, also heavier weapons and more complex systems by Germany.” The lawmakers, however, noted that the shipments should not be carried out at the expense of Germany’s own defense capabilities.
During the debate, lawmakers from the right-wing Alterative for Germany and Left parties opposed the proposal.