Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. It was his first visit to the country since the invasion of Russia.

"At the most difficult time in Ukraine's modern history, Germany is proud to be our true friend and reliable ally," Zelensky wrote in the guest book of the meeting. He reached Germany overnight by flying on a Berlin government plane escorted into German Luftwaffe fighter space, as reported by the Guardian.