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.

In the latest sign of a warming relationship, President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Berlin with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Germany would increase funding for arms production and supplies.

German ministers are set to hold joint consultations with the Ukrainian government this year, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in Berlin after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Merz said Germany and Ukraine have grown closer since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.

Germany will provide further military support for Ukraine amounting to around 5 billion euros ($5.65 billion), its defence ministry said on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met senior officials in Berlin.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged Wednesday to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their use and targets as the Kyiv government fights to repel Russia's invasion.

The Western alliance needs to prepare for a possible attack by 2029, Germany's top military officer tells the BBC.

The European Union should revisit the question of how hundreds of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets can be used to finance Ukraine, a top German official said.

British and French officials shift focus from deploying troops to sustaining Kyiv’s defence without US support