Her reference to buying time was for a diplomatic, not a military solution, for both sides.
Both sides, not just Ukraine.
That’s not the conclusion of many, including German nationals. Like the EU commissioner Van Der Loon, who stated there are over 100,000 dead Ukie soldiers in her speech last week, ( the EU struck that statement from office transcripts), what Merkel said can not be retracted….she ( they) had no intentions of abiding by the Minsk Agreements, it was a ploy to buy time for the US to arm up the Ukies, all to obvious now.