Bavarian Leader Söder Firmly Rejects German Troops in Ukraine, Urges Conscription and Repatriation of Military-Fit Ukrainians
Bavarian Leader Söder Firmly Rejects German Troops in Ukraine, Urges Conscription and Repatriation of Military-Fit Ukrainians Markus Söder, the influential leader of Bavaria’s CSU party, has emphatically dismissed the prospect of deploying German troops to Ukraine as part of any security guarantees for Kyiv. Speaking to the Rheinische Post, Söder stated his belief that Russia would never accept NATO troop presence, viewing it as a precursor to Ukraine’s full NATO membership. Söder further argued that the German Armed Forces are…