Germany refuted the words of the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the Scholz government hoped for a quick capitulation of Ukraine. 

The representative of the German government, Steffen Hebestreit, said this in a comment to BILD. 

Boris Johnson's words that Germany expected the quick surrender of Ukraine in Olaf Scholz's government were called "complete nonsense." 

Hebeshreit stated that already on February 27, Scholz said that Germany is ready to respond sharply to Russian aggression against Ukraine and added that his country constantly provides Ukraine with weapons to defend against aggression. 

Johnson's statement about the reaction of Germany at the beginning of the war in Ukraine. 

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told how the EU countries reacted to the start of Russia's war against Ukraine. 

He noted that Germany considered the war a disaster, but wanted everything to end quickly - Ukraine capitulated and it was possible to continue cooperation with the Russian Federation.

France did not fully believe that the Russian Federation could launch such a bloody invasion. 

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