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Back|Chancellor Friedrich Merz travels to Kyiv on a secret visit
Chancellor Friedrich Merz travels to Kyiv on a secret visit
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Handelsblatt·1 hour ago·Politics·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

Chancellor Friedrich Merz travels to Kyiv on a secret visit

On his second trip to Ukraine since taking office, the Chancellor wants to reaffirm German support and talk about arms technology.

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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for a secret night trip by special train to assure the country of further support in a tense security situation.

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It is the second time that the Chancellor has traveled to Ukraine since taking office.

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Kyiv, Przemysl, Berlin. At 9:28 p.m., a blue and yellow special train jerks into motion in Przemysl, Poland. On board: the German Chancellor. The destination of the secret night trip is Kiev; Friedrich Merz travels nine hours by rail to the Ukrainian capital.

“Ukraine needs all our support for the coming weeks,” said the Chancellor upon arrival. At his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, he will reiterate that Ukraine can continue to count on German help. Merz also has German arms technology in mind. “If Russia is not stopped, sooner or later its war machine will turn against us,” he says.

It is the second time that the Chancellor has traveled to Ukraine since taking office. This time the security situation is significantly more tense. Shortly after arrival, there was an air alarm in Kyiv. Nevertheless, Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche (CDU) and a few top managers from German companies are on the trip.

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