France24 reports that, on the 10th anniversary of the Maidan occupation that signalled the beginning of the end of the corrupt Russia-friendly government, Germany has come forward with a further military aid package.
The German package – worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) and including four further IRIS T-SLM air defence systems as well as artillery ammunition – was unveiled by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, in Kyiv.
"I am here again, firstly to pledge further support but also to express our solidarity and deep bond and also our admiration for the courageous, brave and costly fight that is being waged here," Pistorius said earlier when he laid flowers at Maidan square in central Kyiv.
Michel, the president of the European Council, announced his arrival in Kyiv by posting on social media a picture of himself getting off a train.
"Good to be back in Kyiv among friends," he wrote ahead of expected meetings, including with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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