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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Saturday accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) of watering down support for Ukraine just two weeks before a key state election. Baerbock, a member of the Greens and a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its war against Russia, was speaking at a party meeting in the eastern city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg. Ahead of elections in the state on September 22, Baerbock said she had counted on Brandenburg premier Dietmar Woidke to continue supporting Ukraine, but was dismayed after the regional chapter of the SPD wavered on supplyi…

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