This is the first visit of the German leader to the capital of Ukraine during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.
About the alleged visit of the President of Germany< /strong> Volodymyr Zelenskyi reported to Ukraine almost a week ago. However, after the Russian massive missile attack on most regions of the country, “for security reasons” the Frank – Walter Steinmeier trip was cancelled. As it turned out, the visit planned for last Thursday was suddenly postponed. As reported by a number of German media, including Deutsche Welle, WELT, Die Zeit and others, the German leader arrived on a working visit to Kyiv on Tuesday.
Steinmeier got to the capital of Ukraine by the traditional way for that time, the railway. This visit is the first for the German president since the start of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
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A meeting of Ukrainian and German leaders is scheduled to take place today. According to media reports, Steinmeier and Zelenskyi plan to make a joint appeal to German cities and municipalities to enter into new partnership relations with Ukrainian local authorities in the regions in order to help overcome difficulties that may arise in the winter in the short term.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier also wanted to see with his own eyes the devastation caused by Russian military aggression.
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Recall that the President of Germany previously stated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the worst crisis ever the fall of the Iron Curtain and urged the world to prepare for new conflicts.
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