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“What happens if a Russian fighter jet is shot down by a Western weapon in Russian airspace?” answered by Chair of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (www.reddit.com)
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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Her actual response:

It only means Russia will have one less plane flying to Ukraine to strike and kill Ukrainians.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's more. Her full statement is:

It only means Russia will have one less plane flying to Ukraine to strike and kill Ukrainians. ... Our job as politicians is to explain what will happen if we do not make such a decision. It is necessary to realize that in such a case, the Russian army will go to the western border of Ukraine, up to the Polish border. These troops will then be directly in front of the NATO border, which we are also defending. If we don't stop Putin, then, as a result, our territory and our military will be jeopardized. Because if [Russia] attacks Poland or another NATO country, such as the Baltic states, we Germans will also be drawn into the war. If you don't want that, you have to make life difficult for Putin.

It's an aspect I had not considered -- "I don't want a hostile military alliance coming right up to my country's border" cuts both ways.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, that's the full statement. Her answer to the question in the post title, is what I quoted.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Wasn’t intending it as any kind of negative thing, just giving more of the info, since you provided some which I thought was a good idea

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