Video: Ukrainian Ambassador Booed During Visit to Berlin Memorial to WWII Soviet Soldiers
© AP PhotoUkrainian ambassador Andrij Melnyk, center right, and his wife Svitlana attend commemorations to celebrate the end of World War II 77 years ago, at the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 8, 2022
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Ukraine's ambassador to Germany also gained notoriety after calling German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz an “offended liverwurst sausage” after he refused to travel to Kiev.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk was booed whilst visiting a memorial to the fallen Soviet soldiers in Berlin's Tiergarten on Sunday.
In a video posted on social media, people chanting "Melnyk, out!" in German can be heard upon Melnyk’s arrival. Other reports suggested that people also yelled "Nazis, out!" and "Fascist". Loud whistling can also be heard.
"Afterwards, the Ukrainians began to chant slogans and shouted over them [the protestors]. In the end, they left, but at the same time they tried to argue with the Ukrainians. There were no skirmishes," one eyewitness told Sputnik.
The Ukrainian ambassador was booed in Berlin.
— Newsistaan (@newsistaan) May 8, 2022
Andrei Melnik went today to lay wreaths at the monument to the fallen Soviet soldiers in Berlin. The crowd called him a “Nazi” and greeted him with cries of “Miller Nazi! Melnik, get out #Ukraine #Berlin pic.twitter.com/nzU5KAts6G
At the memorial, a reporter also asked Melnyk who, in his opinion, liberated Berlin from fascism, to which the ambassador responded: "Ukraine".
Nazi Germany was defeated in World War II after the Soviet Union finalised the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by raising the Soviet flag over the German Reichstag on 2 May, 1945.
The Ukrainian diplomat has recently caused waves by insultingly calling Chancellor Scholz "an offended liverwurst sausage" after he refused to travel to Kiev.