Overview

• Merz received President Selenskyj with military honors in Berlin to reaffirm Germany’s steadfast military and financial aid and to discuss ceasefire prospects
• Germany will back the procurement and co-production of Ukrainian long-range missile systems without any operational range limits
• Berlin will finance a major share of Ukraine’s Starlink satellite network to maintain secure battlefield communications
• The chancellor denounced Russia’s recent airstrikes as a blow to peace efforts and signaled that additional sanctions are being prepared
• Germany and Ukraine agreed to hold joint government consultations later this year to deepen their strategic and economic cooperation