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The latest updates on the Russia – Ukraine war - Asiana Times

By Namrata Sarkar | Sun 4th Sep 2022 The latest on a significant meeting between the German president and the Ukrainian prime minister today in Berlin is available from AFP: Denys Shmyhal, the prime minister of Ukraine, conveyed Kyiv’s request for more armaments to Germany on Sunday, claiming that his nation required more assistance in its conflict with Russia. Shmyhal is the first senior Ukrainian official to travel to Germany in months, signalling a thawing of tensions between Berlin and Kyiv following a difficult period. Shmyhal met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during his first stop on his journey, when they “discussed the military situation, tightening sanctions, and the necessity to deliver arms for Ukraine,” according to his tweet. Shmyhal also expressed gratitude to Germany for its “solidarity and support with Ukrainians” before meeting with chancellor Olaf Scholz later on Sunday. According to the spokesman for the German president, Steinmeier told Shmyhal that Germany will “continue to stand steadfastly by Ukraine’s side.” After a dispute broke out in April when Kyiv rejected Steinmeier’s invitation to visit Ukraine, the visit of the Ukrainian prime minister signalled a drastic shift in the relationship’s tenor. Former foreign minister Steinmeier, a member of Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, had been shunned because of his years-long detente policy toward Moscow, which he has since admitted was a mistake in the wake of the start of the war. Highlights of the event in…