Berlin (AFP) – President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday that he had arrived in Berlin to discuss Germany's support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion with Chancellor Merz.

Published on: 03/11/2026 - 1:27 p.m.

"The main issues (of my visit, editor's note) are our diplomatic coordination - before important meetings -, the strengthening of our air defense and support for our energy sector. These are the priorities of the discussions today", declared the Ukrainian leader in a message on X with a video showing his descent from the plane on German soil.

This visit comes a week before "working negotiations" between Russia and Ukraine under American mediation on November 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi.

Berlin, kyiv's main supporter, also plans to host a meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing" in mid-November, a group bringing together Ukraine's main allies, according to statements by Mr. Merz last week.

In Berlin on Tuesday, President Zelensky is due to meet, in addition to the Chancellor, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the President of the Bundestag, Julia Klöckner.

“We all have an interest in security and stability and in preserving the rules-based international order,” Zelensky said on X.

“And we must work together to translate these principles into concrete decisions and actions,” he added.

Mr Zelensky is also due to deliver a speech on Tuesday afternoon at the Berlin Security Conference, where Lithuania is this year's partner country, in the presence of President Gitanas Nauseda.

This conference should mainly focus on the war in Ukraine and the threats coming from Russia and weighing, according to European leaders, on their countries.

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