War Ukraine – Russia, last minute | Zelensky arrives in Berlin to prepare his counteroffensive
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky arrived in Berlin on Saturday night. This is his first visit to Germany since the start of the war in Ukraine and it comes just after the German country announced that it wants to deliver new weapons worth 2.7 billion euros.
The trip comes amid preparations for a new offensive by the Ukrainian army, in which both kyiv and Moscow claim successes in and around Bakhmut.. For security reasons, the reasons for Zelensky's visit to Berlin have not been revealed, but the German media say that the Ukrainian president plans to meet this morning with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Head of State, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
And it is that Zelenski's objective is to mobilize his European supporters at a time when his army is preparing a counteroffensive in the east of the country, according to AFP.
The industrial powers of the G7 and the European Union will ban imports of Russian gas on routes where Moscow has cut off supplies, the 'Financial Times' reported on Sunday, citing officials involved in the negotiations.
The decision, which will be finalized by G7 leaders at a summit beginning on Friday in Hiroshima, will prevent the resumption of Russian gas exports by pipeline on routes to countries including Poland and Germany, where Moscow cut supplies last year, according to this newspaper.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky arrived in Berlin on Saturday night. This is his first visit to Germany since the start of the war in Ukraine and it comes just after the German country announced that it wants to deliver new weapons worth 2.7 billion euros.
The trip comes amid preparations for a new offensive by the Ukrainian army, in which both kyiv and Moscow claim successes in and around Bakhmut.. For security reasons, the reasons for Zelensky's visit to Berlin have not been revealed, but the German media say that the Ukrainian president plans to meet this morning with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Head of State, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
And it is that Zelenski's objective is to mobilize his European supporters at a time when his army is preparing a counteroffensive in the east of the country, according to AFP.
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, met this Sunday morning with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on his first visit to Germany since the war in Ukraine began.. He has received him at the Bellevue Palace, according to AFP journalists.. Then it is scheduled that he will also meet with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and later he will travel to Aachen to receive the Charlemagne prize, which rewards the commitment to European unification.
“Already in Berlin,” Zelensky tweeted upon arriving in the German capital, adding: “Weapons. solid package. Air defense, reconstruction. UE. I'LL TAKE. Security”.