Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov met with Kostyantyn Kholodov, chaplain of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, who presented him with an icon depicting Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny.

In Berlin, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

What is needed now is joint efforts and unity among European countries and other nations that understand the importance of an effective security architecture in today's rapidly and sometimes unpredictably changing world. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in his address to participants of the 25th Berlin Security Conference.

You know how to build security. We have seen it ourselves – through our own experience and through Europe’s experience over the past decades. Far too much depends on what Germany believes in, and whom Germany believes in.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed joint efforts with the United States to bring peace closer. The President of Ukraine emphasized the importance of Europe being part of this process and noted that talks involving the United States, NATO, Europe, and Ukraine at the team level will take place in Brussels the following day.

In Berlin, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of the Bundestag Julia Klöckner.

They also discussed further air defense assistance, including the provision of PAC-2, PAC-3, and IRIS-T missiles to Ukraine. The President thanked Germany for its support for Ukraine’s F-16 aircraft. The leaders discussed a new package of such assistance.