Germany announces Ukraine military aid as chancellor makes Kyiv visit

 

FILE – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for a German government cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 27, 2024.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged $680 million in military aid for Ukraine as he pledged support for the country during a visit Monday to Kyiv.

Scholz said Ukraine can rely on Germany, and that his visit was meant to reinforce that commitment.

He said the new military equipment is set to be delivered to Ukraine this month.

The visit comes amid questions about future Western aid for Ukraine with the United States set to go through a change of leadership in January.

Ukraine’s military said Monday it shot down 52 of 110 drones that Russian forces launched in attacks overnight.

The intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions, the air force said.

This handout photograph taken by the Ukrainian Emergency Service and released on December 2, 2024, shows a residential building on fire following a Russian air attack, in Ternopil, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Viacheslav Negoda, the head of the military administration of Ternopil region, said on Telegram that Russian attacks killed one person and injured several others.

Officials in Cherkasy said falling drone debris damaged several residential buildings.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 15 Ukrainian aerial drones.

The ministry said it destroyed drones over the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions, and over Russia-occupied Crimea.

Some information for this story was provided by The Associated Press and Reuters

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