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The Head of the German Navy resigned on Saturday after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia.
Speaking at an event in India, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach had said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.
Schoenbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect.
His comments, captured on video, caused anger in Ukraine, which summoned the German ambassador to complain.
The German government insisted that it stands united with its NATO allies on the issue of Russia’s military threat to Ukraine ALJAZEERA/BP
