Scholz arrives on a visit to Kyiv
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Kyiv on Monday, 2 December, for an unannounced visit. The purpose of the visit is to reaffirm support for Ukraine in the war against Russia.
This was reported by Tagesschau.
Scholz in Kyiv on December 2
The article says that Scholz traveled to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The German chancellor announced further arms supplies worth 650 million euros.
It is known that this is Chancellor Scholz's second visit to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war.
"For more than 1,000 days, Ukraine has been heroically defending itself against Russia's merciless war of aggression," he said.
The newspaper writes that Scholz wants to express solidarity and make it clear that Germany will remain "the strongest supporter of Ukraine in Europe".
Yesterday, the new President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, and the Commissioner for Enlargement, Martha Kos, arrived in Kyiv.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Costa. The Novyny.LIVE article describes the main topics of the conversation between the Ukrainian leader and the EU representative.
