German Foreign Minister Annaline Beerbock arrived in Kyiv yesterday on an unannounced visit, through which she says she seeks to demonstrate Berlin’s strong support for Ukraine in the war Russia is waging against it. support.” This is the second visit by a German minister to Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
In addition to financial and military assistance, Germany wants to support Kyiv in demining operations “and shed light on the war crimes committed, in particular by sending experts, including a prosecutor,” the minister said in a statement, adding: “It is clear to me that (the President of Russia ) (Vladimir) Putin expects us to get tired of the suffering of Ukraine.”
However, Germany will remain on the side of the Ukrainians, “who are fighting against Russian aggression not to defend their human right to peace and freedom, but to defend European peace,” she said.
Germany’s ambiguous stance toward Russia after its invasion of Ukraine six months ago, and Berlin’s first reluctance to provide military support to Kyiv, angered the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
However, the situation has improved since then, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he wants his country to take on a “special responsibility” to help Ukraine and strengthen its artillery and air defense capabilities.
