German president arrives in Ukraine as tensions rise
Germany’s president has arrived in Kyiv for his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, a trip that comes amid Moscow’s unsubstantiated warnings about a “dirty bomb” attack and as the conflict enters its ninth month
By ANDREW MELDRUM
Published - Oct 25, 2022, 03:10 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 24, 2023, 01:38 AM EDT
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv Tuesday for his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, a trip that comes amid Moscow's unsubstantiated warnings of a “dirty bomb” attack as the conflict enters its ninth month.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after arriving that “it was important to me in this phase of air attacks with drones, cruise missiles and rockets to send a signal of solidarity to Ukrainians,” German news agency dpa reported.
Steinmeier’s spokesperson, Cerstin Gammelin, posted a picture of him in Kyiv on Tuesday. “Our solidarity is unbroken, and it will remain so,” she tweeted.
The German president, whose position is largely ceremonial, made it to Ukraine on his third try.
