All allegations "untrue": Kyiv: Mützenich is not on any terrorist list

SPD faction leader accuses Ukraine of putting his name on a terror list.

All allegations "untrue": Kyiv: Mützenich is not on any terrorist list

SPD faction leader accuses Ukraine of putting his name on a terror list. The reason is his efforts to find a diplomatic solution with Russia. The response from Kyiv came promptly: there was no such list, and the Ukrainian authorities were not targeting the social democrat.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has denied the statement by SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich that he was put on a "terrorist list" in Kyiv. "The Ukrainian government does not keep a terror list," Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko wrote on Facebook. "And as far as I know, there are no proceedings against Rolf Mützenich in the Ukraine either." All of the German politician's claims about his alleged persecution by Ukrainian authorities are "untrue".

Mützenich had previously accused the Ukrainian government of having put him on a "terrorist list" a long time ago. "I was already irritated that the Ukrainian government put me on a terrorist list on the grounds that I am working for a ceasefire or for the possibility of taking further diplomatic steps via local ceasefires," said Mützenich at the SPD debate convention in Berlin. He also received threats about it.

"On the basis that you were put on this terrorist list by the Ukrainian government, you also received secondary threats, so to speak. It's not exactly easy to deal with either." Mützenich complained about "discrimination" against those who, like himself, advocate diplomacy. "I oppose this rigorism." He defended his call for diplomatic efforts to end Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. "It remains the case: (...) Most wars did not end on the battlefield," said Mützenich.

The "Center against Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine" published a list of more than 70 personalities on the Internet in the summer, which also included Mützenich. The accusation: the dissemination of "narratives" that matched Russian propaganda. Mützenich was listed as saying that he was working for a ceasefire. The page can no longer be accessed.