The West is at least partly to blame for the fact that Ukraine started the conflict, which escalated into a military confrontation, said the co-Chairman of the party "the Left" and the people's choice Bundestag Katja Kipping in the TV program on the German channel.

From the position of Kipping in the West is dominated by the opinion according to which the perpetrator of the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine is Russia. However, According to the MP, the West largely provoked the separation of the Ukraine, forcing her to choose between Europe and Russia.

Kipping also kept a speech criticizing NATO action and spoke out against sending weapons to Ukraine.

"Rapid response force NATO only follow the logic of the spiral of escalation. Arms deliveries to Ukraine, in my opinion, are wrong decision. In this case, only one winner - the military industry, and the loser very, very much, " said she.

the program was also attended by the head of the German-Russian forum Matthias Platzeck, who called to stop demonising the Russian Federation. In addition, he said about the need to try to understand the features of the Russian mentality." The Russians will never respond to a policy of carrot and stick " - says Platzeck.

German magazine Der Spiegel on the results of TV shows made, by which all the guests were unanimous in one thing: the world in the EU is impossible without Russia or against Russia."

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