BERLIN: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Sunday for his first visit to Germany since Russia's invasion, with Berlin offering an emphatic show of support in the form of a new military package worth 2.7 billion euros.
'Already in Berlin,' he wrote on Twitter. 'Weapons. Powerful package. Air defense. Reconstruction. EU.
Security.'Zelenskyy's trip comes as Kyiv is preparing a much-anticipated counter-offensive and follows a day of meetings in Rome with Italian leaders and Pope Francis.Ukrainian forces have been training a new contingent of forces and stockpiling Western-supplied munitions and hardware that analysts say will be key to reclaiming territory captured by Russia.
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