Germany welcomes Zelensky with 2.7 billion military aid

For the first time since the beginning of the Russian war, Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Germany tomorrow. The Ukrainian president will be received with full honors by the head of state Frank-Walter Steinmeier and by the chancellor Olaf Scholz. In the afternoon he is expected on the opposite side of the country, in Aachen, where he will be awarded the prestigious Charlemagne prize, awarded in the past to personalities who have distinguished themselves for their Europeanism and their civil commitment such as Pope Francis, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron The reconstructions "based on which I would not have gone" to the meeting with President Zelensky are "surreal" the fact is that "it was never foreseen".

This was stated by the minister of infrastructure, Matteo Salvini during a press point at a Lega gazebo in Milan, responding to those who pointed out to him that the leader of Action Carlo Calenda said that it would have been the Ukrainian president himself who did not want to meet Salvini. “Did Zelensky tell you this? – he replied – I think Zelensky has more important things to do than hearing Calenda on the phone” who, the vice premier joked, “poor fellow, was betrayed by Renzi and is suffering. Like all loves that end badly, there is someone who suffers, I am close to him or humanly". “I hope it's an important match, it's at the highest level.

I hope that in addition to the dutiful support for Ukraine - he continued - there will also be a way to think about the day after and the end of the war, I hope that this will also be discussed at the tables". responding to those who asked him what Italy can do for the "after", Salvini replied that "we have exceptional companies, from an infrastructure point of view I am already ready, we are unblocking construction sites throughout Italy we can also do it in Ukraine, but the war must end, we rebuild when the war ends”.