“He violates all norms of international legal order, using force to change borders, and it is Russia that will suffer the most severe consequences from this,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was quoted by Reuters as saying.
“The need to ensure security in Europe is one of the main insights of the post-war period, which everyone agreed after 1990, including Russia,” Scholz said at a press conference after meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson.
“There can only be one answer to that. First, we call on Russia to end the war. Secondly, we will be strong enough to prevent an attack on a member state of the European Union and NATO, because we are strong enough to respond to this, ”added the German Chancellor.