German finance minister arrives in Kyiv for first time since start of war

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 14 August on his first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Lindner is scheduled to hold political talks in Kyiv, European Pravda reports with reference to Handelsblatt.

Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and several ministers visited Ukraine.

On 19 July, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Ukraine. During the visit, he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and announced the allocation of another €5 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine and the training of Ukrainian mine clearance technicians and military medics.

Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić-Radman visited Ukraine in late July.