Deutsche Welle Responded to Accusations of Ukrainian MFA and Asked Not to Compare Them with RT Anymore

German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle responded that the statements of Oleg Nikolenko, Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, about its Russian editorial office backing the Kremlin's propaganda, are untrue. They also called on Dmytro Kuleba to sort out the situation.

Christoph Jumpelt, the Corporate Spokesperson at Deutsche Welle, sent a letter to "European Pravda," stating, "we have reached out to Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dmytro Kuleba, requesting him to look into the matter of a private Facebook-posting by Mr. Oleg Nikolenko."

"We strongly reject these baseless allegations. Our reporting about the war of aggression against Ukraine is subject to strict journalistic criteria appropriate to the serious situation. We also firmly reject accusations of manipulation of facts and the alleged dissemination of propaganda," the letter reads.

The representative of DW emphasized that comparing the German broadcaster with RT, "Mr. Nikolenko is clearly doing in an attempt to intimidate DW in its independent and objective reporting, cannot be tolerated."

"When an employee in the press department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launches a campaign aimed at discrediting no matter which media outlet by twisting the facts about their actual coverage for whatever purpose, we expect that action to be taken," Jumpelt concludes.

Oleg Nikolenko is the spokesperson of the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and not a "press service employee." His statements express the official position of the ministry. In addition, DW does not mention the accusations of propaganda referred only to their Russian office.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine urged Deutsche Welle to pay attention to the manipulations of their Russian office.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave some examples with propagandistic quotes of the DW Russian office, such as "recognize Ukraine as a terrorist state," "one mistake by Ukrainian defenders may cause a nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia NPP," "an entry ban for Russians to the West will not help to beat Putin," "Vogue confirmed to DW that the magazine did not print the photo of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun" and a photo of the Nazi Fuhrer next to the cover of the Ukrainian presidential couple.