Chancellor Allaf Saltz rejected earlier tonight’s claim by US President Donald Trump that Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski is a “dictator”.

“It is just wrong and dangerous to deny the democratic legitimacy of President Zelenski,” Mr Saltz stressed.

“The truth is that Volodimir Zelenski is the elected leader of the Ukraine state. The fact that it is not possible to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the requirements of the Ukrainian Constitution and electoral law. No one can claim the opposite, “the Chancellor told Der Spiegel magazine and recalled that it was Russia under Vladimir Putin, who started the war in Ukraine. “Ukraine has been defending against a ruthless Russian war attack for almost three years now. Day by day, “Mr Saltz added.

The US president called the Ukrainian president “dictator” in his comment on his online social networking platform “Truth Social”. “As a dictator without elections, Zelenski better acts quickly, otherwise there will be no other country,” Donald Trump wrote.

In the same vein as Chancellor Saltz, Foreign Minister Analena Berbock, in an interview with ZDF tonight, spoke of “irrational” statements by the US President: “If you don’t just post a post but you see the real world , then you know who in Europe is forced to live under dictatorial conditions: the people in Russia, the people in Belarus, “he said Mrs Berbok reversed that “the Ukrainians are fighting daily for their free democracy”. “We support them as Europeans on their way to the European Union, so that we can ensure our democracies together,” he concluded.

Equally critical was the Minister of Economy and Greens Candidate Robert Habek, who described Donald Trump’s statement as “shocking”. “It is an unprecedented and dangerous distortion of reality. What is true is that dictator Putin has invaded the Republic of Ukraine, “he added.