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Scholz Welcomes Zelenskiy With Pledge for Long-Term Backing

  • Ukrainian leader in first visit to capital since start of war
  • Germany announced $2.9 Billion package of materiel Saturday
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Olaf Scholz review an honour guard in Berlin, May 14. 

Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Olaf Scholz review an honour guard in Berlin, May 14. 

Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a personal pledge to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Germany will continue to support the government in Kyiv with military and other assistance for as long as needed.

Scholz hosted Zelenskiy in Berlin for the first time since Russia’s invasion and said the Ukrainian leader’s visit was “a strong signal.” It came a day after the German government announced its biggest package yet of materiel for Ukraine’s armed forces, worth nearly $3 billion.