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Oct. 6 () –
The president of the Defense Commission of the German Parliament, Marie-Agnès Strack-Zimmermann, arrived in kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, for a two-day visit on Thursday.
“We have arrived in kyiv. We are on site, trying to understand the situation and their needs, communicating with politicians and the government, as well as with the soldiers. It is important. Germany must increase its support,” he said shortly after his arrival. in a message broadcast through his Twitter account.
Strack-Zimmermann plans to address the needs of the Ukrainian military to increase pressure on Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz regarding the supply of weapons and tanks.
Thus, she will go to Antonov Airport, which has been destroyed by the fighting, and various points on the front line, where she hopes to be updated on the latest developments, as she explained.
Negotiations on a new arms shipment are scheduled to take place this Friday during a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian government and parliament, especially Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and the president’s top adviser, Andriy Yermak.
The head of the German parliamentary commission has come to the country together with a small delegation. Strack-Zimmermann was the first German politician to visit the country since the Russian invasion began last February.
