Angela Merkel is the former Chancellor of Germany. She says that Poland and the Baltic states are to blame. Russia attacked Ukraine.
Merkel says that Poland and the Baltic states cut off relations with Russia. Then the war in Ukraine began.
Merkel talks about the Minsk agreements. They were in the years 2014-2015. Russia did not follow these agreements.
Merkel says that she realized in 2021. Putin did not take the agreements seriously. She wanted a meeting between Putin and the European Union. But the Baltic states and Poland were against it.
Merkel says that these countries were afraid. The European Union did not have a common plan regarding Russia. Then the war in Ukraine began.
Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.