His last visit to Ukraine dates back to June 2022, notably in the company of French President Emmanuel Macron, a few months after the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022.
“For more than 1,000 days, Ukraine has defended itself heroically against the ruthless war of Russian aggression,” underlines the German Chancellor whose visit aims to “express” his “solidarity” with kyiv, which can “count » about Berlin.
Negotiations with Russia?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured Sunday that his country needed more weapons and security guarantees from NATO before possible negotiations with Russia.
Tensions are at their highest between Moscow and the West after strikes by Ukraine of American and British missiles on Russian soil and the firing by Russia of an experimental hypersonic missile and nuclear threats. And calls to begin negotiations with Moscow are becoming more pressing.
“Cool head” versus hawkish candidate
Saturday during a speech marking his entry into the campaign, Olaf Scholz, social democratic candidate, promised to keep “a cool head” on the subject of the war between Russia and Ukraine, denouncing the hawkish overtones of his conservative opponent Friedrich Merz, supporter of increased aid to Ukraine. Friedrich Merz is in favor under certain conditions of a delivery of German Taurus missiles to kyiv, making it possible to strike Russian territory in depth.
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