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EUROPE


GERMAN NAVY CHIEF RESIGNS FOLLOWING UKRAINE COMMENTS

By The Associated Press
 Monday, Jan 24

Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach, shown here as the German Navy chief, attends a
news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Nov. 9, 2021, in Tokyo.
(Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

BERLIN — The head of the German Navy resigned late Saturday after coming under
fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia.

Speaking at an event in India on Friday, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach had said
Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.
Schönbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against
China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved “respect.”



His comments, captured on video, caused anger in Ukraine, which summoned the
German ambassador to complain. They also sparked consternation and a swift
rebuke back in Berlin.

By late Saturday, Schönbach had asked for his dismissal, saying he wanted to
prevent further damage resulting to Germany and its military from his
“ill-considered statements.”

In a statement, the German Navy said Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht had
accepted Schönbach’s resignation and appointed his deputy as interim naval
chief.

The German government has insisted it stands united with its NATO allies on the
issue of Russia’s military threat to Ukraine, warning that Moscow will pay a
high price if it makes any military moves against its neighbor. But unlike many
other NATO countries, Berlin says it won’t supply Ukraine with lethal weapons,
arguing that it doesn’t want to inflame tensions further.

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