"Your Excellency, we have already investigated the conflict between our Border Guards and the Kingdom of Ukraine. This matter was entirely a misunderstanding. Our Border Guards were dealing with traitors attempting to flee our country, but the Ukrainian army opened fire and killed our officers and quite a few soldiers. It was precisely because of this that the Border Guard officers lost their heads and ordered a cross-border attack on Ukraine," Molotov said.
Ribbentrop said nothing. It did not surprise him that Buru had uncovered the full sequence of events in such a short time. Given Buru's strength, if they wished to investigate something, there was nothing they could not uncover.
"This matter was the responsibility of both our country and the Kingdom of Ukraine. When Comrade Joseph learned of it, he was utterly enraged. He had already ordered the execution of the division commander who gave the order. We hope this conflict can be reduced from a major matter to a minor one. The friendship between our two nations did not come easily, and we sincerely hope that this friendship can continue," Molotov continued.
"Your Excellency, regardless of the circumstances, it is a fact that your country dispatched large numbers of troops across the border to attack Ukraine. This has already caused enormous losses to the Kingdom of Ukraine. At the same time, it has made the people of the Kingdom of Ukraine doubt the Empire's protection of them. This has put the Empire in a very difficult position. Therefore, we hope your country will publicly apologize to the Kingdom of Ukraine over this matter and guarantee that nothing similar will happen again. At the same time, your country must compensate the Kingdom of Ukraine one billion Marks," Ribbentrop said.
Molotov's expression immediately turned extremely ugly. Although Ribbentrop had