TASS reports that Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova “urged the German ambassador to Russia on Friday [Jan. 27] to clarify Berlin’s position on its status in the conflict in Ukraine.”
Quote from Zakharova on her Telegram channel: “The German foreign minister said that her country was fighting jointly with other nations against Russia, while her ministry does not consider their own country to be party to the conflict. Taking into account these contradictory statements, the German ambassador to Russia should clarify them.” (https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/4665 )
After Baerbock’s Jan. 24 faux pas at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, the German Foreign Ministry tried to remedy this with a convoluted statement saying she did not mean what she said.
