ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. it's a year since rush's war and ukraine turns german foreign policy on its head in the next few minutes chance about ola shots is expected to address lawmakers in parliament and to defend his much criticized approach to supplying you crate is

also expected to counter accusations that the government is all in short on its pledges to invest in defense will bring you life coverage and analysis. ah, i'm feel gail, welcome to the program. it's been just over a year since german chancellor schultz made a historic speech to parliament outlining a major you turn in foreign policy. the decision to arm ukraine with defensive reference signal to major change to germany is normally pacifist approach to international conflicts. chancellor shoulds is due to take stock with another keynote speech in just a few minutes. first, here's a look back at how rushes full scale invasion of ukraine impacted berlin's defense and foreign policy making. over the last year, 5000 helmets. that was the help germany offered ukraine before russia invaded.

then moscow attacked within days, germany reversed it's long standing ban on sending weapons to conflict zones with a historic speech buffered with the attack on ukraine with entered a new era. in keith got here for odessa and maria, all your people are not just defending their homeland. they are fighting for freedom in their democracy to for values that we share with them. let's do. mclaughlin is democrats, europeans, we stand by their side on the right side of history. things like to think assistant shots is government provided billions in financial and humanitarian aid voted in

favor of sanctions against moscow and took in more than half a 1000000 ukrainian refugees over the course of the year. and it started approve in deliveries of defensive weapons, anti tank rockets, air defense systems, and armored vehicles, for example, for many ukrainians. however, that was not enough. in the early days of the war, some ukrainian officials felt germany's political establishment was too close to moscow. over the past decade shy, meyer established a spider web of contact with russia. many people who were involved in that no of a c and the german government. that's a reference, the german president, frank valdosta in maya. he had offered to visit ukraine in april last year. but keith declined. relations between berlin and kia were in the deep freeze then, long after other western leaders,

chancellor shops made it to heave and german weapon delivery started to pick up and make a difference on the battle ground. meanwhile, germany had to win itself off russian, coal, oil, and gas, and make sure there would still be enough energy for the winter ahead. soaring energy bills put the public's will to support ukraine to the test. others feared their country could be dragged into the war itself. germany has recently pledged to send the main battle tanks. keith has long been asking for one year on from russia's invasion. berlin is now one of ukraine's biggest backers. ok, let's take you alive to the german bond as talk. now we're german chancellor, olaf shows is addressing for president and even legal one on speaker colleagues or to for i'm your turns was of year ago today on the 7th or you know,

day of the war of aggression against ukraine. jan yarber law. stan f, kenya, belarus, it ukraine and also wrote in her diary i can hear an explosion outside young's at and he was such times i'm overcome with fear. and so that will, to, i'm wondering how i and the people i love can be saved in this situation. it's is did site. and so now when she writes darker, we need to be brave. we need to find effective means to fight the aggressor in my imagination. i think of a 100 different ways that this could all end how the war could be brought to an end . right now have it. is he taught else? give it? well, if i chose this quotation, because i think it's important that we hear ukrainian voices when we talk about the russian world in europe, in ukraine, when you have kenya, bella rou, sent,

expresses 2 main ideas. you 1st of all, just either click that ukraine or once this water and you know, they wanted it to and from the very 1st day, every ukrainian longs for freed. i'm more than ever the victims long even for peace, more than ever. and to do that even show from that good or do we need to act bravely? we are creating peace. great. also means fighting aggression and room. yes, ma'am. it's hoops. is my your okay you mm hm. okay. you know that me it's, i know you're to 40000000 ukrainians. have been doing this for more than a year now. they want you to live. and in with you will create, you know, to freedom and peace as we do with us. and we will be supporting them revised as before, as long as is necessary, right? or just a moment. i know that in this house there is

a broad range and consensus that you not include beyond saying that it is for 2 party divisions. and i'm very grateful to the colleagues from the c s me and the cd for that. inside the building, google rooms, the just lunch that could also wasted a majority of citizens once our country to support ukraine as we have been doing since the very beginning of december. whether determination or carefully considering our moves and talking to our allies and partners. and we're going to continue with that approach. when he glee, when did reward at the same time on lunch, i would like to turn to those in our country who are frightened about the war escalating. over the last few days, we've seen many demonstrations already taken with cooking those vital. some people have expressed their solidarity with ukraine and asked for more support for ukraine,

hidden spot. others have demonstrated and asked for immediate peace negotiations with russia, against the backdrop of such differing opinions on the scary freeman's there. how can we have a just peace in ukraine? how can we move closer to that goal? years ago, but it's up to the ukrainian so they were the ones who were attacked. it's ukranian citizens who are fighting for the existence of their country uncomfortable. right? that means that no peace agreement can go above the head of the ukrainian or leading women you, he's can't be created light bordered on by for calling for never hang war again here in berlin and then not delivering those weapons to ukraine. we know exactly

what in optimal kind of ukraine we have under russian rule. beautiful with luke grammar, tuscany skim. and mary apple there, i'm good luck putin's troops have created an incredible suffering for the people there and committed war crimes. so gruesome enough piece doesn't mean being subjected to the power of a large and neighbor. if ukraine weren't allowed to defend itself, it wouldn't be peace. it would be the end of you, frank. when victor didn't, didn't in bender dictated peace against the law. the will of the victims is something that we can't accept it for moral reasons. but also if we want to ensure the security of our own country and euro of us will double this for what

a terrible signal we would be sending out. if we were to reward someone who breaks the international security order on the after only, we instead need to make sure that our fundamental peaceful order is respected. that we have seen the consequences of to terrible world wars. and we need to make sure that those roles look to are in short, that islam a mentor or what we have in the u. n. charton or so in our european security structure, vita tied it, okay. you know, and so for libel, we can see that putin's goal is to integrate parts of ukraine into russia and destroy ukraine handles politic from really bundled him, which one of the greatest achievements of philly, plant and hell, much better. there was some mobile,

the recognition in the helsinki treaty that borders couldn't be moved by violence with no loss been played as either in a porn somebody? yes. mobile and or after the fall of the berlin wall in the carter from police to democratic russia. this, oh, so committed to democracy, pluralism, the rule of law and free elections in england. holdings was infant links in the parish. tracy, of all of those principles have now been broken with brutal repression against putin's own people. ones were all piercer freedoms on august via our thoughts about this should be even clearer. we need to defend our moore, a piano that peace and war can never be used again as a political political tool which sets at we must not allow route as imperialism to,

to win more than it's, even though the calls him a windshield wisdom of the or once he de bolt, we had a cut chieftain at saunders, last octopus. oh, these are counter from civilization. all feats which were then enshrined in the u. u. n. treating and in the hell single treaty were kids reducing once it's under, but is putin ready to return to those principles and to of a just piece at the moment there are no signs of that happening read. so let's the also, instead to stop for parts, but it was putin from gone, is threatening us mcguigan side with various gestures of festival by the saying that he would not apply the reset treaty. any more caliber kind of the designs are longer putting dual credit. you know, the road system also the helsinki tree target has been in place since the 1970s is

not being respected. but there is no way that we can go forward like this when our peaceful order is being threatened to. the only way to stop, to stop putin is to stop, is subordination and repression include emergency at the is presidents. it's all the more remarkable rule. glenda, president zalinski made proposals at the g 20 summit in november with your fall off just piece event that we're going to hear from the federal government will obviously help them with key to bring this just piece we're abound here. that's why we are talking to kids and other partners for us to see how we could bring that amount of time. we also want of ukraine to be able to properly defend itself. williams, with our partners in asia, africa, and latin america. we have been promoting the goal of a just

a piece for gun and shot good site. we have been doing that successfully as the results all the un general assembly last week. it showed, and i'm very grateful to foreign minister barbara for all her efforts in the run up to that meeting. that's a good mrs. on a global joke, that the dimensions and put this result is a clear yes message to putin from the electric world, from the whole community. as his vision to stop this was for lend on varied by truth. and it's important that that message is heard around the world. so that's when i talk to the brazilian president and the indian prime minister, i emphasize these messages from the very beginning that has been a message to china, a tall and it's one when i visited beijing. and then at the g 20 summit at all with a rough, then i got prime minister pamela once you train in august and spoke out strongly

against any russian use of nuclear weapons. and this is something that brought up g escalations from the 3 of us johnston's on. it's very positive. lantern china in georgia. it hasn't been over, shall sent out this clear 2nd signal. and in it's 12 point plan has said that they can be no use of chemical or biological weapons within hope to pull from this group . however, you know, president china should be discussing this 12 point plan with those new some government gets most involved, such as presidents lensky, thrifting, nacory dupree attic, dean's g 20. milton will title the sources. there was no will unfortunately, to emphasize that message. but my message, those will have to beijing is clear, use your influence in moscow trying to to be marketable or persuade them to retreat and do not deliver any weapons to mr.

wilson and it's not the pool when military russia is planning the as before to try and have a military victory. but that isn't going to happen because we are going to support you in our globe. ukraine, together with our partners. putin, you, for a big lived is wrong when he thinks that the time is on his side. with just the introduction, i think he will not be able to achieve hills as imperialistic goals also in the diesel. and the more that he seems that and that we will not able, we will not just look on, you know, but the more likely he is to understand what's happening to have a totally gone into then ukraine will be able to defend itself and its territorial integrity with less your money diligently, humility of us. if we are providing peer review, monitoring,

military and economic support for legal ukrainian citizens, we have provided more than $14000000000.00 euros in the last 12 months, which is an appropriate sum of money for a country of our size and hastened okay. and as we have worked together without partners and allies to defend ukraine and help them resist him with artillery and air defense systems, which have been used in highly effective way for months now from boy to hold. we are also, we are expanding our support for years. we have been using the patriot systems delivering marta and leopard to remind them of combat. tiger pardon chron. tankless was to all of our allies and partners who can do this, should be doing that as well. to apply for the foreign minister bandwalk man to be a good suit, defense minister pis, doris bell happening working very well in that direction. i'd like to thank them

for their successful efforts. was on hubbard forms we. we are working together with poland, sweden, spain, and portugal. to deliver the leopard to punch all bits of the tanks. we're working also together with the netherlands and italy to deliver to deliver defense systems for keeping her from goal. multiple rocket launches on that. we're working with the united kingdom and the united states. help i'm shopping for do you mind them? we also want to carry out common procurement for artillery ammunition for antique cancer. gipper tank is it is lamination as well. it is t bring building condom bottom often be in the next few weeks, we are putting forward more plans, which will allow a live ukraine to defend itself from aerial attacks. at the same time, we want to make sure there's a reliable supply of replacement parts and ammunition. the bonus visit again,

since the very beginning of the german armed forces have trained thousands of soldiers in ukraine. and more training has been plans in the near future in hospitals. we've done this in close cooperation, along with united states and united kingdom. our country is one of the central places in europe for the training of you carrying and soldiers for him. i have seen the pictures of this myself here. these german armed forces are doing a fantastic job. lindenwood are de la all. oh, you soldiers in the middle, but under the men and women muffles all of the civilians who do this deserve our greatest. thanks. thank you. very much

my is an art dell just little little and i know that the way in which we're providing the support, the way we're delivering weapons to ukraine, is something unusual in our country. i understand that you citizens aren't on mute for doing saying harry about that title, rebuffing before me months. but we never take these decisions lightly to supply weapons in our government. your bill disputes, nuclear, you know, yes. and the old piece of credence, or we're supporting ukraine to defend the european peaceful, our gender on lunch. i don't doll and not in each of our decisions. we are very careful to make sure that nato does not become a warring party. that is something i've agreed on with the american president. i wanted to reschedule biden of washing. i'm going to be traveling to washington to day to continue this discussions with president biden finger or in order to

cooperate more closely. and we are doing that more than ever and with more trust than ever. oh, beautiful normandy novels and smooth woman, do you pay and union and nato are united as a forgotten them never before so of 12 months after war broke out soon. we recently agreed on our 10th sanctions package handles of internet from a pain. the european union in glimpsed lines against russia, bordeaux, we have laid the foundations also for the reconstruction of ukraine. we have created clarity about the fighting that the future of the west and broken countries, moldova, georgia and ukraine lies in the european union, have gotten them absolutely have a proven wait till march. you have seen how reforms have been driven onward, especially the long running conflict between so the and cost over there. we've seen

a smith as well. the minister cutty, president, blue chips and prime minister cutty wash look for an a good blog, expressed their clear approval of this basic treaty that has been suggested by it in french. and when will we continue to work in that direction? by the infant son of appointments in this to be noble parker. before we also, we want to make sure that the armaments industry in europe is working together. we have for the future from large aerial view, pin skies, few fighter jet system, f, cancel and looking at your sky initiative. that is part of our defense within nato, and marks my right with sweden and denmark congress to close friends. we are working on that proposal as well. i'd offer oster upping his card from gas and corners was in a very short period of time. we have managed to free ourselves of our russian dependency on industry, on russian,

endless energy. and we have also then increased our efforts in the elements industry. it's you didn't mislead marie paula in t. u for i'm from where more investment, so clean tank with wanted to easy a subsidy. rolling a leon steamship sect i digitalization of income to subside of slaves, an alliance for the battery and ships match relationships. we have managed to do all of this in a very short period of time, and these are steps towards the geopolitical progress of europe. we need to make sure that europe is competitive to imo and that we have the right commodities available. i know so that europe hope to or can be a presence in the multiple as well as the 21st century and set the standard oh wow. it's been lifted outside, been to be done on speaker gamble, germany since this watershed moment has also become more resilient. emotional,

especially when we look at what's happening muchness with just like the armed forces of it. we don't want to neglect the armed forces anymore and it's been done . that's why we have our special fund offsite and stick before the armed forces. and i'm very grateful for the support from the largest the position party that was did about over the spirit items whole since in schism limited all over all. and we're going to be increasing our budget for defense so that we achieve the 2 percent goal for nato. or gun members given hobbit get. the promise that i made on the 27th of february last year still applies. with shuffles upon, i'm behind july and we have started important humans for the f one to 5 assigned to chance for gazande employee act is on. indeed, other projects are which are planned as in, in the special fund. all going to start in the course of this year there. if your

life is also long term investment, did not push off of it before, which is going to be covered by the on the utility bills. there's a special fund, for instance, you make a tank, how it says it, and other types of armaments will then be procured in the coming months. all of that is going to be feeding them about carried out yields of good. we want to make sure that we can live up to the fair expectations of our partners and allies that can do so in a way that is appropriate for a country of al sanisha, one to sarcasm. a year ago, on the 27th of february, i sent an arbor in this house so that no, ifs, no bus. we are going to live up to our commitments in nato. and, and we have the significantly guarded social to follow through with actions with our gate in lithuania, by supporting poland and numbered slovakia with arrow ariel defense with al corporation, with norway and john on the baltic. yes,

and north of the z holz o'donnell doctrine, this year, 17000 of our troops worldly pars over the garden for the group to get a quick reaction force worston county, we english are also going to continually provide our support. we will be ready for deployment in shipment. in fact, very quickly. lastly, we bought an insurance. here we've seen a major change in the armaments industry. we want to make sure that we have could equate anthem will easily plant procurement for fall under the arm. and it, when it's all, we need all kinds of equipment and ammunition. this means we need long term contracts and payments in advance to be able to build up our capacity and industry, the bosses in generally. therefore, we are hearing from freedom quite hard to know or building an industrial foundation

that will support in europe. that is also one of the recognizable achievements since the watershed site and been to the gods warden and listed site vend annoyed thing. and then get this when really terrace of we're thinking you about the security problem since the site and venting. it's not just a matter of military people, certain for support of building up the military. there's misinformation, there are cyber attacks. we are also arming ourselves against those. but since in an open and free societies like ours need to be stronger and resentment, we don, readers don't speak, you're writing. got some big inside. that's what we have shown how strong and resilient we can be when we put rush under pressure is by stopping our energy supply from there. we have managed to get through the winter and do so and style

without russian. and if you supply the plate wooden body of ada, once once of we heard a bounce from whose branches of industry being shut down by people having cold homes and a winter of discontent or hot ot under it. but none of this happened to them because we didn't that he's been acted with determination. and when i say we did this, then our whole country was behind linda, good minds, m b, o. d, good lusty packaged together. the lender and the federal authorities have a scramble put together on probable from an energy package is justified. as all the

prices have come down. and now consumers are noticing that our gas storage facilities are of 70 percent full, which gives us a good buy for to get through the next over the next winter as well on a bug bite. and it's been usually helpful to hold that citizens have saved a lot of energy and continue to do so many have already come yet and i get to go on stored heat pumps are planning to do so your portal. so we have invested in, i'm going to call them environmentally friendly productions of lights in reco time we have got l n g terminals, up and running. we'll skip it into a new of an engineer reynolds. i'm the excellency engineers in our country. all of our specialists back on time factor. i mean look, guns are, does a lacrosse, and tradesman having it all made that's possible. that's and that we would like to thank you for that sir. german has law all our shots addressing the german parliament

a year after germany circles its tightened vendor. this a dramatic shift in defense and foreign policy that was prompted by the war in ukraine. our chief political correspondent, nina hossa, is a at the buddhist target, has been listening in a welcome nina ups was your 1st impression of what we heard from the chancellor. well, i think this is a speech that will be good for history books because essentially you heard the german chancellor defend his strategy when it came to germany's reaction after russia's full scale invasion. we'll remember that 3 days after russia launched that large scale invasion last year, it will have showed stood here in parliament and delivered a very big speech announcing a lot of promises. essentially, also re adjusting decades of german foreign policy and energy policy security policy. and announcing of special.