Following German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck’s visit to Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Germany for its continued support to his country.
“We appreciate Germany’s leadership role, which helps protect lives not only us in Ukraine, but all of Europe itself – to preserve precisely that Europe that knows how to live peacefully, knows the law and knows how to care for people” , Zelensky said. said in his daily video address on Thursday.
He announced that the conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, to be held in Berlin in June, would focus mainly on bilateral projects in the defense and energy sectors.
The Ukrainian president said he had discussed the situation at the front, and the need for air defense in particular, with Habeck. In a separate post on Telegram, Zelensky also praised the German government’s decision to deploy another Patriot air defense system in Ukraine.
Ukraine has suffered greatly from Russian attacks with drones, missiles and glide bombs.
Despite the increasing problems at the front due to the lack of weapons and ammunition, Zelensky spread optimism in his video message. For example, the production of Ukrainian Bohdana artillery systems has been increased to 10 units per month. “That’s a good result,” he said.
Overall defense production has also increased significantly, especially in drone and ammunition production, the president said.
Ukraine has been fending off a large-scale Russian invasion for more than two years. However, the country is highly dependent on Western military aid.
