Security protocol probably even stricter than that applied to visits by US or Israeli presidents is expected to apply in Berlin ahead of possible arrival, tonight or tomorrow morningson of the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to the “Tagesspiegel” newspaper, a meeting of all the competent authorities took place in Berlin yesterday, in order to discuss the last details of the security plan.

“The Ukrainian president is one of them now threatened leaders I keepn in the world and is a key goal for Moscow’s leadership,” the newspaper reports. A few days ago, in fact, the vice-chairman of Russia’s National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote on the Telegram communication platform that “there is no other option than the physical elimination of Zelensky and his clique.”

According to the information carried by the German newspaper from police circles, will be banned large part of the city, identity checks will be carried out on citizens, explosive-sniffing dogs will be patrolled, and snipers will be located in many places. Once the Ukrainian president moves to the chancellery, boat traffic on the adjacent river Spree will also be suspended.

The measures in brandenburg, where the military airfield where Mr. Zelensky’s plane will have to land is located, but also in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, if Volodymyr Zelensky finally receives the award in person “Charlemagne” awarded this year to the Ukrainian people.

The federal government has not yet confirmedi the visit of Mr. Zelensky, while the government spokesman Stephen Hebstreit stated even yesterday that “if there is a visit, it will be announced at the last minute”. The Ukrainian president’s planned visit was initially leaked two weeks ago by Berlin police.

A newspaper in the capital published details of his arrival, which was to take place tonight, as well as the hotel where he was to stay, his schedule of meetings and even his helicopter flight to Aachen.

The leak provoked strong reactions from Kiev and led to an internal investigation by authorities in Berlin. “The reputation of Berlin’s police has been damaged nationally and internationally,” admitted the capital’s police chief, Barbara Slovik, who ordered an internal investigation.