FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil holds a news conference in Berlin, Germany July 30, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin should be aware that Germany's support for Ukraine is not waning, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said on Monday upon arriving in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on an unannounced visit.
"Putin should have no illusions that Germany's support for Ukraine could crumble," said Klingbeil, leader of the Social Democratic Party that is the junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz' conservative-led coalition government.
