"A slap in the face for Ukrainians" — ex-ambassador of Ukraine to Germany attacked Merkel's memoirs

Memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel entitled "Freedom. Memories of 1954-2021" are "a slap in the face for Ukrainians," said the scandalous ex-ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk, quoted by Focus magazine.

"This autobiography is nothing more than a shameful example of self—praise," said Melnyk, who currently holds the post of Ambassador of Ukraine to Brazil.

According to him, three years after the end of his political career, the ex-Chancellor of Germany "still cannot admit his cardinal mistakes in his long-term policy towards Russia."

"This is a slap in the face for all Ukrainians," he stated.

According to the ex-ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, the "alleged infallibility" of Angela Merkel as the former chancellor of Germany, which is broadcast in the memoirs, is "scandalous" and "very dangerous for the future."

"Without an honest reassessment of the serious mistakes made in relation to Russia, the risk increases that Germany will fall into the same trap prepared by Moscow. Hands off Merkel's book. A glaring blunder," he concluded.

In the book, which went on sale at the end of last week, the ex-Chancellor of Germany describes his childhood and youth in the former GDR, student years, the path to the presidency of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), election as head of government. In particular, she dwells on such milestones of her chancellorship as the financial crisis in Europe, the expansion of NATO and discussions about the possible accession of Ukraine to the alliance and Georgia, the conflict on Ukraine and negotiations in the Normandy format, the influx of refugees in 2015, the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Andriy Melnyk held the post of Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany in the period from 2015 to 2022. Shortly before his resignation, Melnyk called Scholz an "offended liver sausage" because of the German Chancellor's refusal to pay an official visit to Kiev. In September of this year, the former head of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in Germany called on the German government to make diplomatic efforts and "creative" negotiations with Russia in order to end the Ukrainian crisis.