Ukraine's Zelenskyy to visit Berlin on Tuesday, Germany's Merz says
Zelenskyy seeks stronger air defenses and an additional €70 billion as Germany remains Ukraine’s biggest military and financial backer, officials said.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Berlin on Nov. 3 for talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, confirmed at the Berlin Chamber amid a renewed push for peace negotiations with Moscow.
- Kyiv seeks additional European funding of €70 billion for next year alongside urgent requests for missiles to defend against Russian ballistic strikes. Germany has supplied US-made Patriot systems but faces limited spare capacity.
- Security concerns kept the visit under wraps until confirmation, occurring days before trilateral peace negotiations between Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington scheduled for Nov. 10-11 in Abu Dhabi.
- Merz expects to meet Zelenskyy around midday while The Berlin Security Conference also begins today, though officials have not publicly detailed the specific agenda for their bilateral discussion.
- Washington recently confirmed new talks with Russia about ending the conflict, coinciding with international efforts to stabilize the region as Ukraine continues pressing European allies for sustained military and financial backing.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in a press conference with Vladimir Zelensky, did not respond to the question of what else Berlin could do to support Kiev. "What can Germany do more? I think we are doing already," said Merz, whose words TASS conveys. The Chancellor recalled that the FRG was providing the greatest support to Kieva and promised to continue to do so until the end of the conflict. He stressed that the responsibility was "all Europ…
"The main issues (of my visit, ndlr) are our diplomatic coordination -- before important meetings -- the strengthening of our air defence and support for our energy sector. These are the priorities of the discussions today," said the Ukrainian leader in a message on X with a video showing his plane descent on German soil. This visit occurs a week before "work negotiations" between Russia and Ukraine under American mediation on 10 and 11 November…
Matthias Deiß, ARD Berlin, on the visit of Ukrainian President Selenskyj to Berlin
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wr.deBefore planned new peace talks, the Ukrainian President traveled to Berlin surprisingly. It is about weapons, but also about peace.
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