German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the two countries will also start a joint program to produce long-range weapons that Kyiv can use against Russian targets.

The European Union welcomed Germany's step on long-range weapons for Ukraine and considered Chancellor Friedrich Merz's decision a strong one, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola says. She noted that the major European countries are now coming closer to the new German Chancellor,

Ukraine’s president was in Germany on Wednesday for a meeting with the new chancellor. It comes after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia was again massing troops on Ukraine’s border. Nathaniel Dove looks at what the meeting could yield for the war effort.