German government spokesman Wolfgang Buchner has refused to condemn the cross-border attack
Ukraine kept its plans for an incursion in Russia’s Kursk Region secret, the deputy spokesman for the German government has said. Wolfgang Buchner claimed on Monday that none of Kiev’s backers had been informed in advance about Ukraine’s plan to attack Russian territory.
“There is contradictory and sometimes deliberately distorted information about the operation, which was apparently prepared very secretly and without feedback,” Buchner said at a press briefing.
He did not condemn or otherwise appraise the situation, saying only that “everything so far looks like a spatially limited operation.” However, he noted that details were still unclear and therefore “it would be unwise to make a public statement.”
Buchner said Berlin would be in close contact with “all partners, including the government in Kiev” in relation to the incursion.
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