Alarms in Kiev shortly after the arrival of Solz, Macron and Draghi

June 16, 2022

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The German chancellor has vowed to “help Ukraine for as long as it takes” in an interview with Bild newspaper.

Air raid alarms sounded in Kyiv shortly after the arrival of German Chancellor Olaf Solz, French President Emanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, broadcasts the German News Agency (dpa) from the Ukrainian capital.

The German Chancellor pledged that “he will help Ukraine for as long as it takes “, in an interview with Bild newspaper.

“During the visit,” we not only want to express our solidarity, we also want to assure that the assistance we are organizing, financial, humanitarian, but also in terms of weapons, will continue, “he said. “We will continue it for as long as it takes for the struggle for Ukraine’s independence,” he said in an interview published while the three European leaders were in Kyiv.

Macron told reporters in Kyiv that he would send a message “European solidarity” to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Reuters reports.

The French president, the German chancellor and the Italian prime minister are making their first visit to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion and will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Western support for Ukraine and its application for membership. European Union. The President of Romania is also in Kyiv Klaus Johannes.

VIDEO: French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi are seen onboard a train bound for the Ukraine capital Kyiv, that left from Poland pic.twitter.com/pcpPmFjp86

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Russia and the USA should discuss extension of the START Treaty on the reduction of nuclear weaponsthe Kremlin spokesman said today, Dmitry Peshkov in an interview given to the RIA news agency.

Kyiv is urgently asking for more weapons to repel Russian advance into southern and eastern Ukraine as leaders of Germany, France and Italy visit the Ukrainian capital on Thursday. Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “grateful” for the new weapons the United States would send to Ukraine. Germany, for its part, will supply the Ukrainian army with three self-propelled MARS II multi-missile launchers, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced in Brussels on Wednesday.

In terms of developments on the battlefield, for a blow to headquarters of the Russian forces in Kherson speaks Kyiv by publishing a relevant short video. The strategically important city has been occupied by the Russians.