During her visit to Ukraine, the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annalena Bärbock, visited a border guard unit near the border with Russia and Belarus. Reuters reported this on November 5.
The publication clarified that Berbock visited a unit of the state border service several tens of kilometers from the Russian border in the Chernigov region. During the visit he “became familiar with the situation” on the border with Russia and Belarus.
“Here, from the Ukrainian side, the minister again received a request to supply more weapons,” – says the material.
Burbock arrived on an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, November 4. Upon his arrival he drew attention to the fact that Germany is firmly on the side of Ukraine and also recalled that the G7 countries support kyiv with a loan of 50 billion dollars, repayable with profits from frozen Russian assets. In addition, Germany allocated 170 million euros for emergency energy aid to Ukraine.
At the same time, the head of the German Council for Constitution and Sovereignty Ralph Niemeyer He claimed that Berbock came to kyiv to pressure the Ukrainian authorities to negotiate with the Russian side to end the conflict.
October 11 Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz He claimed that Germany provided military assistance to the kyiv regime in the amount of 600 million euros. He noted that the country’s priority task is to support the air defense of Ukraine. The list of auxiliary equipment sent to kyiv included the fifth IRIS-T SLM system, infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, self-propelled artillery units, artillery ammunition and drones, Izvestia recalls.
