Scholz draws line at German peacekeeping troops in Ukraine

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed not to send peacekeeping troops into a demilitarised zone in Ukraine if a ceasefire were to be agreed between Kyiv and Moscow.

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00:00Chancellor Olaf Scholz battled questions from German MPs in the Bundestag on Wednesday,

00:06ahead of the vote of confidence that the Chancellor has called for December 16th.

00:12Scholz has drawn the line at sending German soldiers into Ukraine after the foreign ministers

00:17suggested that peacekeeping troops could be stationed in a demilitarized zone if a ceasefire

00:23between Russia and Ukraine was agreed.

00:26The Chancellor was gruelled about the shrinking economy, which has continued to deteriorate

00:30over the past three years, while Scholz has been in power due to repercussions stemming

00:35from Covid and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which have arguably been outside

00:40the government's control.

00:43While Scholz said that he would continue to work on policies over the next couple of months

00:46ahead of the vote scheduled for February, it's clear that he's already in full election

00:51campaign mode.

00:53Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.

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