(ANSA-AFP) - KYIV, NOV 21 - German Defence Minister Boris
Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday for an unannounced visit to
reaffirm Berlin's backing for Ukraine in its fight against
Russia's troops. Berlin, the second-biggest supplier of military
assistance to Kyiv after the United States, is seeking to offer
the reassurances after the shift in focus to the Middle East war
prompted concerns about waning support for Ukraine. It was
Pistorius's second visit to Kyiv since he became defence
minister at the start of this year, and it comes a day after US
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin also made an unannounced trip to
Ukraine to offer Washington's continued support. "I am here
again, firstly to pledge further support, but also to express
our solidarity and deep bond and also our admiration for the
courageous, brave and costly fight that is being waged here,"
Pistorius said laying flowers at Maidan square in central Kyiv.
(ANSA-AFP).
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