German Defense Minister Pistorius arrives in Ukraine to discuss military aid

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on June 12 to meet Ukrainian leaders and discuss future defense support, DPA news agency reported.

The visit marks Pistorius’s first official trip to Ukraine as a minister in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new German government.

During former Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s tenure, Pistorius made several visits to the war-torn country and played a key role in establishing Germany as Ukraine’s top European military donor.