Demonstrators in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg decried Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision to supply Kiev with heavy weapons
Several hundred people marched through the Bavarian city of Nuremberg on Monday, protesting against Berlin’s move to provide Ukraine with heavy arms, including Leopard 2 tanks. Participants voiced concerns that Germany could end up being dragged into a massive war with Russia as a result.
Footage shot by RT’s Ruptly video agency depicted protesters chanting slogans and beating drums. One of the banners caught on camera read “We are the red line.”
Police were observing the event, with no clashes or arrests reported.
Speaking to Ruptly, one of the demonstrators said that “Ukraine will not be able to pay” for the weapons provided by the West. He argued that it is the Germans who will have to pick up the tab.
“If we Germans get involved in a war, and I personally don’t have a war with Russia, then for us Germans, based on history, it is the worst sign that we can send,” the man told Ruptly.
According to the demonstrator, “no war must go through Germany, neither with arms deliveries nor anything else, because otherwise, Germany will be in the middle of it again.” The latter, he claimed, is just what “America wants.”
Another protester lamented that “if things go on like this” Germany may sleepwalk into a “third world war.”
The march came days after Chancellor Scholz announced his decision last Wednesday to ship fourteen Leopard 2A6 tanks from Germany’s own stock to Kiev. Berlin also said that it would authorize other countries in possession of the hardware to do the same.