Germany’s naval chief, Kay-Achim Schoenbach, announced his resignation on Saturday night after he received criticism at home for comments he made on escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. During remarks in India on Friday, Schoenbach stated that Ukraine would never again recapture the Crimean Peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, and he also publicly questioned Western leaders’ recent critical comments against Russian President Vladimir Putin. “It is easy to accord him the respect he wants, and which he also probably deserves,” the navy chief said on Jan. 21, calling the notion that Moscow wants a military incursion in Ukraine as part of an “absurdity.” “Does Russia really want a small and tiny strip of Ukraine soil to integrate into their country? No, this is nonsense,” he also remarked. “Putin is probably putting pressure because can do it and he splits EU opinion.” Schoenbach during the Jan. 22 event said …