German navy chief resigns over comments on Putin and Ukraine – video

The chief of Germany’s navy has resigned after arguing during a livestreamed event that Vladimir Putin ‘deserves respect’ and Kyiv will not win back annexed Crimea. Ukraine’s ambassador in Berlin said Kay-Achim Schönbach’s comments ‘massively’ called into question Germany’s trustworthiness

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