The leader of the right-wing populist party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD), Tino Khrupalla, during a televised debate, actually compared Ukraine to Nazi Germany when he spoke about the prospects of ending the war.
The translation of the debate is provided by a number of German media, including Bild.
The debate between Khrupalla and the leader of the "Free Democrats" faction, Khristiyan Dürr, took place on the evening program of ARD on Wednesday, the politicians argued about issues related to Russia's war against Ukraine.
Among other things, statements were made by Tino Khrupalla that as a result of the war, Ukraine "will lose, just like Russia, and only the USA will win", as well as complaints that Germany can no longer buy profitable Russian gas and buys "dirty shale gas from America " ". To the indignation of the opponent, who does not care about the deaths of Ukrainians, Khrupalla said that people also died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then it is not possible to buy energy resources in the USA.
The scandalous comparison was made after the moderator asked whether he believed that Ukraine should stop the resistance.
Khrupalla initially said that he did not mean that Ukraine should capitulate, but "the goal should be a willingness to talk so that both sides can save face." He went on to add that "any day the war ends sooner, even with the loss of territory, would be a good day."
Dürr called such reasoning absurd and asked whether Khrupalla would suggest the same if it were his own country.
Tino Hrupalla said that Germany actually did this in 1945.
"Did you really just say that Hitler's Germany, the Wehrmacht, which had to surrender, can be compared to the situation in Ukraine?" asked the moderator.
After that, Khrupalla tried to claim that the suggestion that Ukraine should capitulate came from the moderator, but he did not confirm or deny the words.
He also stated that he does not see any problems with the fact that he went to the Russian embassy for events until May 9, because "I did not celebrate there and this is the day of remembrance."
