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Russia鈥檚 attempt to blackmail Germany and the rest of Europe into giving up its support of Ukraine by cutting energy supplies has failed, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said on the anniversary of Russia鈥檚 invasion attempt of its western neighbour. 鈥淭hose who look at the past year will see: the Russian president has failed,鈥� Scholz said in a . Russian president Vladimir Putin had hoped to divide opponents of his plans to conquer Ukraine 鈥渂ut achieved the opposite,鈥� Scholz said. After one year of war that has led to the deaths of 鈥渢housands of innocents,鈥� EU states stand together in the crisis and the Ukrainian people are more unified than ever before, the chancellor argued. He stressed that the German government had succeeded in weaning the country off Russian energy supplies at unprecedented speed, taking away most of the leverage the Russian government had over western Europe due to its energy resources. 鈥淲e have enough gas and oil. Our economy is not in a deep recession. And we鈥檝e taken in more than a million Ukrainian refugees.鈥� Scholz said Germany would continue to stand by Ukraine鈥檚 side and support the country in upholding its sovereignty. 鈥淭he sooner Russia鈥檚 president realises that he will not achieve his imperialist goal, the greater the chance of the war ending. It鈥檚 in Putin鈥檚 hands,鈥� Scholz argued.

Russia鈥檚 war has dealt a heavy blow to Europe鈥檚 biggest economy, which was particularly dependent on Russian fossil fuels up to the eve of the invasion attempt. However, thanks to efforts to save energy and diversify supply, wholesale energy prices have retreated from their peaks. Fears of gas shortages and irreparable damage to the country鈥檚 industry and social unrest have largely abated.聽