w reporter katie stephens. k the hide it. tell us why did chunk for salt feel the need to make this speech? while all i saw has come under a lot of criticism over the war and ukraine and what was seen as a really quite hesitant response by his government taking over this issue was whether to send heavy weapons to ukraine. so i think this speaks was really about showing leadership and trying to bring the voters along with him. so he used the speech emphasize what germany is doing to support ukraine imposing sanctions, taking refugees, and now after some prevarication sending those heavy weapons. he also tried to deflect some of that criticism by saying that germany is not taking any steps where it will be acting alone, only in coordination, always with its partners. and it will not risk during nato into a war. at the same time, i think he was looking to reassure voters concerned about just that that this war can spread, could even threaten piece in germany to verify it, as he said, your fears should be listened to. but also th