German chancellor Olaf Scholz pledges €650m in military aid to Ukraine on Kyiv visit
by Shaun Walker in Kyiv and Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#6SMR0)
Scholz said Germany was strongest supporter of Ukraine in Europe' and promised speedy arms deliveries
Olaf Scholz has met the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an unannounced visit to Kyiv that was his first since the early months of full-scale war as he sought to reassure Ukraine of German support.
The German chancellor announced a military aid package worth 650m (540m) during the trip amid doubts over his Ukraine policy at home and uncertainty over the upcoming presidency of Donald Trump and what it may mean for the war in Ukraine.
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