““It is important for me to show with this trip that we continue to actively support Ukraine,” he said”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Pistorius, in particular, is planning meetings “to continue cooperation and support”, AFP quoted.
“It is important for me to show with this trip that we continue to actively support Ukraine. This is a signal that Germany, as the largest NATO country in Europe, supports Ukraine,” the German dpa agency quoted Pistorius as saying.
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Pistorius’s visit has not been officially announced, and there are currently no comments from the Ukrainian authorities regarding it.
The Minister of Defense of Germany is coming to Ukraine less than a week before the inauguration of the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump. It is expected that the US policy of supporting Ukraine will change after he takes office.
A meeting of defense ministers of five countries – Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland and Italy – was held in Warsaw the day before, the correspondent of Radio Svoboda reports. During the meeting, the ministers discussed how to help Ukraine and how to increase Europe’s defense potential.