Communication of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Friedrich Merz with the media after the meeting in Kyiv

Speaker 1

Friedrich, Mr. Chancellor, dear journalists, dear representatives of our teams, our states. Today, in a difficult security situation, when Russian drones are effectively striking Kyiv every hour, the Chancellor of Germany is here. This is a very correct signal of support for Ukraine, of the courage of Germany and all of Europe. Thank you very much, Friedrich. In recent days, Russia has tried openly to intimidate European, American, and other partners of ours with direct threats, constant alarms, and shelling, so that partners would not be here, in the capital, so that they would not be in Ukraine. But I am very grateful that the visit is taking place, and that the German embassy continues its work in Ukraine, and that the full spectrum of our cooperation with Germany, our strategic partnership, is maintained.

I also want to note our personal relations with the Chancellor, some important things, without unnecessary intermediaries, regarding defense. We discuss necessary decisions directly; there is always a willingness to support and a willingness to help.

We in Ukraine extremely value such a level of our relations, and we equally see that Ukraine's ability to withstand and survive now, to defend itself and achieve a decent peace, is ultimately the ability of Germany and all of Europe to preserve such a peaceful and united way of life, which changed so much in Europe for the better and did so much for the well-being of Europeans over the last decades.

Russia is fighting here with all its Shaheds, missiles, and assaults, not only to capture Ukraine, but to revise the history of Europe, to seize the right to determine the fate of other European states.

I thank everyone who speaks about this openly and builds their policy on the exchange of reality—the realpolitik that determines what can happen to Europe next and what everyone needs to be protected from.

The Chancellor spoke, in particular, about this on October 1, during the awarding of the Westphalian Peace Prize. I thank you for the clear position and serious vision.

Today, Friedrich and I have a very productive meeting. Together with the Chancellor, the Minister of Economy and Energy, Ms. Katerina Reiche, and a very strong business delegation are in Kyiv today. There is a new support package for Ukraine, a comprehensive one, more than 1 billion 300 million euros. This is weaponry that will help now, support for our energy sector. This is very important before winter. An important energy package.

And in this comprehensive package from Germany, there are funds for the production of new interceptors specifically against jet Shaheds. This is also particularly important.

Of course, we discussed the need for air defense, which is key at this time. Russia is betting specifically on strikes from the air. On the front, the Russians are unable to achieve any significant results, and that is why they escalate terror with Shaheds and missiles.

This week alone, there have already been 900 jet Shaheds. The use of ordinary Shaheds continues. A significant number of ballistic missiles. Protection against all of this is priority number one for me, for Ukraine.

And Friedrich and I discussed what exactly we can further achieve together. I am grateful to Germany for participating in the "Freya" program along with other leading countries and companies of Europe. We must move quickly, faster, to create this massive and strong anti-ballistic system, which will definitely change the security positions of Ukraine and the security positions of all of Europe for the better. We have complete mutual understanding on this matter.

As of today, we have 15 agreements and documents with the German side, most of them on security interaction, production, corresponding procurement, our orders for German industry, joint projects in Ukraine; the total weight of our agreements today is more than 8.5 billion euros. This includes, specifically, our orders for German industry. We are counting on this very much, and they are very important and very substantial.

A special agreement was signed, which creates more opportunities in our joint counteraction to drones. Especially after the attempt of a Russian diversion using drones at Leipzig Airport and against the backdrop of constant drone incidents in other European countries, it must be obvious to everyone that protection against all types of drones is a fundamental security task, and it can only be accomplished together.

This concerns the protection of infrastructure, the protection of our borders, and the protection of the sea. In general, the European security, political, diplomatic, and technological potential must be combined to the maximum, so that the Russians feel that their potential for aggression and diversion against Europe is definitely less than ours—our joint potential.

And this precisely can be the correct basis for a new policy of deterring Russia.

One more thing. Yesterday, the Day of German Unity was marked. This is one of the most important days not only for the German state, but for all of Europe. A day that proves that peoples always outplay dictators.

And now our cooperation proves absolutely the same thing. Russia must not win. Shaheds, missiles, and war must not win. Life must prevail.

I thank Germany, I thank you, Friedrich, I thank all of Europe for helping Ukraine protect life.

But Germany does not only help Ukraine; we help each other. This is the truth. Ukraine and Germany are already jointly producing drones today. Ukraine will purchase more weapons and equipment from Germany.

Work has begun—this work, joint work, on the creation of UAV units. There are corresponding UAV proposals in Germany. We are ready to help with training and to pass on our experience. This is absolutely fair. Today there was also a conversation about this between our ministers.

We are ready to work on the expansion of our protective energy technologies. Our teams also spoke about this today. I thank you for supporting our diplomatic efforts.

Russia today is avoiding all real formats of negotiations that could change the situation. Russia constantly produces new assaults, new massive attacks, new artificial reasons and pretexts. Which is why meetings have seemingly not yet begun.

Germany and we are doing everything so that diplomacy can take place, so that necessary meeting formats exist, so that Europe is a participant in this diplomacy. Thank you for the support in this as well. Glory to Ukraine!

Speaker 4

Mr. President, dear Volodymyr! Heartfelt thanks for the warm reception this morning in Kyiv. We are experiencing the next phase of escalation of the Russian aggressive war against Ukraine. Despite the threats from Moscow, which sounded from Moscow, I came anyway in recent days. And I came together with my colleague from the German government, Ms. Katherina Joraichi, Minister of Economy of Germany, but I also brought a large business delegation with me. And this demonstrates that we will not let ourselves be intimidated. We will not be intimidated by the drone attack that took place simultaneously with our visit. And this shows that we stand on the threshold of, perhaps, a very difficult winter. Moscow is shelling not only the large cities of Ukraine, but also energy facilities, transformer substations, gas stations, and railway infrastructure. The goal is most likely to break the morale of Ukrainian women and men. But when I am in Kyiv today on a peaceful morning, I feel something completely different. Despite the attack that took place this morning, life goes on. I see how decisively Ukraine is acting, and I wanted to say to Ukrainians—both men and women—as well as to the government of Ukraine. The German people stand with Ukraine, supporting Ukraine. And the German government supports the government of Ukraine. And we will do everything that will help Ukraine until the moment this terrible war ends. And the Russian economy will not be able to wage this war indefinitely. Because we know that the Russian economy has already reached its pain threshold. 7% inflation in Russia, a Central Bank of Russia key rate of 14%, a decrease in revenues from oil and gas. And an ever-increasing state deficit in Russia. With my visit today, I want to send a signal at a time that could be decisive for the future of Ukraine and the future of Europe. Ukraine wants peace, Germany wants peace, and all of Europe wants, longs for peace. And this peace must be achieved through negotiations. This peace cannot be imposed on either Ukraine or on us in Europe. We, Germany, are today the country that supports Ukraine most powerfully. And we do this not only to protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but also out of deep conviction and in our own interests. For this is about the security of Europe and the continuation of the political order that Europe built after the Second World War. And built together after decades of strife. Together, by the way, with the Soviet Union, this order was built. And the Soviet Union committed to supporting it as well. Therefore, I want to urge Russia to begin peace negotiations, to come to these peace negotiations. And we, as Germany, bear a special responsibility here. Thank you very much, dear Volodymyr, for mentioning my speech in Münster. This speech was delivered by me on the occasion of the presentation of the Westphalian Peace Prize. I said in this speech that if we in Germany falter, Europe will falter. And if Europe falters, then Ukraine will also falter. And therefore we will remain steadfast, firm. Because if we remain steadfast, Europe will also remain steadfast. And if Europe remains firm, then Ukraine will also remain firm and steadfast. Dear Volodymyr, you can rely on us. The Federal Government of Germany will maintain the course, and I personally will maintain the course. Together with you, with European partners, and with the United States, we are working persistently on peace negotiations with Russia. But we are expanding our assistance to Ukraine. And we will not succumb to the hybrid attacks from Moscow that we see every day. We are intensively strengthening NATO's deterrence forces. We do this together, we do this with confidence and faith in ourselves. Our compass shows the correct course, the correct direction. And if we follow it together, we will achieve peace for Ukraine and security for all of Europe. You mentioned that today I brought concrete assistance. Another military aid package in the amount of more than 1 billion euros. We are allocating funds for the joint production of drones to counter jet drones. And over the last few weeks, great technological breakthroughs have been achieved in this field. And now we are promptly launching them into mass production. And this will quickly and noticeably strengthen Ukrainian air defense. We are supplying long-range weapons, combat drones, and satellite equipment so that Ukraine can more effectively fight Russian launchers. Before the onset of winter, we are providing assistance in the energy sector in the amount of approximately 350 million euros for generators, transformer stations, and necessary repair kits. All this will help mitigate the consequences of Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and support people, primarily during the cold days, in winter. We also, together with France and Great Britain, want to organize and hold a meeting of the coalition of the willing in Berlin during the winter, particularly on issues of coordination of our further assistance. I already said at the beginning of my speech. For the first time since the start of the war, we are accompanied today by a high-ranking economic delegation from Germany. Entrepreneurs from the defense industry and energy sectors have come. These entrepreneurs want to make their contribution to defense, to provision, and to reconstruction. Today we also spoke about the European perspective of Ukraine. And we want to accelerate Ukraine's accession to the European Union. And I repeat my proposal for associate membership. We want to accelerate Ukraine's accession to the European Union, and we are working on this in Brussels. We know that Ukraine itself is working here on reforms in the field of combating corruption and the rule of law. And it is very important that the President promises progress in these reforms. Because this is important for the payment of further financial assistance. And the government of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine bear great responsibility in this. Ladies and gentlemen, this work is being carried out for mutual benefit. Germany helps Ukraine, but Ukraine also helps Germany. The entrepreneurs in the defense industry who are accompanying me are adopting the experience that Ukraine acquired during the war. German and Ukrainian companies are launching highly innovative joint ventures. We will also make even greater use of Ukrainian experience in the field of countering drones. For this, we signed

the corresponding joint declaration. And this has become even more relevant after the terrorist attack in Leipzig on August 4. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, this is my second visit to Kyiv as Federal Chancellor. And overall, I am visiting Kyiv for the fourth time. Dear Volodymyr, I thank you very much for the very good partnership, the very good cooperation. We stand by your side for the sake of a free Ukraine and for the sake of a secure, peaceful Europe, in which we see our common future.

Speaker 3

Everyone obito chewed with hags.

Speaker 5

Ukrinform, Tetiana Pasova. Mr. President, a question for you. Recently, the country, especially the capital, has been suffering greatly from jet drones. You mentioned 900 this week alone. We see that the percentage of them being shot down is increasing. However, please tell us, at what stage is the deployment of jet interceptors, jet UAVs, currently? And today you mentioned small missiles; how effective are they and when can we expect their mass deployment? Thank you.

Speaker 1

Thank you for your question. 9 percent, I said, is only for jet Shaheds, and thousands more of the ordinary ones. That is, in principle, we know that the volume is very large. We shoot down 85-92 percent of the more ordinary Shaheds, depending on the combined nature of Russia's strike on us. This is a very serious interception rate. I want to remind everyone of when all this started. The results were completely different. Undoubtedly, our own infrastructure, Miltech, works strongly and quickly. I believe it is one of the best in the world and helps to deal with any problem. It is difficult with jet Shaheds because not everything depends on what is produced in Ukraine. As I said, there are issues with the engines, but we are on this path and are developing this direction. Currently, the effective interception rate is around 50-55, sometimes 60, this is our aviation. F-16s are helping a lot. 20 mm ammunition. We are currently working to have 5-6 thousand of the corresponding ammunition per day. This is a very difficult task. We are working on this and thank Germany for supporting this direction. This will definitely strengthen us. Yesterday we contacted the Polish side, the Prime Minister. And tomorrow we will also talk with Donald and Emmanuel. And undoubtedly, we will work to increase this ammunition. Norway and Finland will also help us. We are working on this so that the F-16s are loaded. Very difficult, but nonetheless. This is the first task. Second – drones. The interceptors showed positive results, the Bars. They have already shown the highest percentage now. The Imshis are also catching up. Even, well, may God grant that there be competition in the good sense of the word. Undoubtedly, they are showing [results]. These are long-range drones, which are almost missiles. And now they are showing a percentage, about 30 percent for such interceptions so far. But it is growing.

Speaker 5

Important.

Speaker 1

Next, small rockets. The small rocket program. I won't mention names right now, several types. We will obviously see the result this month. At the end, in the second half of this month, we expect to see a result. Therefore, regarding their application, you asked how massive it is. Well, there is no such application yet. It is only going to happen. But if there is a result, we will immediately be able to reach a normal quantity of the corresponding product. Also about the Bars, which I mentioned, and other drones, interceptors. The relevant German sides. Today we spoke with you there on the street, waiting for Canster. Here, 2,000 of these drones that we are producing together, 2,000 of these Bars, we will receive. This is very important. We are receiving this funding from the German side. Next, perhaps we can also mention the turret program. We have only just begun to develop it properly. There will be dozens of these turrets at various facilities. We will protect them as best as we can. Undoubtedly, there is escalation on the part of the Russians. Undoubtedly, strikes on bridges, on data centers. Look, I am simply, frankly speaking, surprised by such an approach to the war and the hatred towards Ukraine on the part of Russia. But I am surprised by specifically this approach. Because they hit our warehouses. Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta, etc., they hit, and we responded worthily. In Wildereze, yes, now they are hitting bridges. Do they really think that we will not respond? But this is a problem, a big problem. Or data centers, how is that possible? All of this is about people; this is certainly not some military infrastructure. How can you hit data centers, mobile communications? How is Putin doing this? How does he not think that mobile communications are used not only in Kyiv? And not only in Ukraine. But in Moscow, they are also used. I am simply honestly surprised by this beastly desire to escalate every day. That is, he counts on there being constant escalation. He wants this very much. This is the answer to everyone. To those who believe that you just need to ask Putin. And he will definitely end the war. It just won't work.

Speaker 2

Please, the next DPA question.

Speaker 4

Thank you very much, honorable Mr. Federal Chancellor. Do you believe that these threats or warnings from Moscow, channels from Moscow, were related to your visit? And that they threatened you personally? Do you think so? And a second question. How much weaponry, for example, against jet drones is funded by German funds? Mr. Minister Wadephul met with Minister Lavrov. Do you believe there was a point to this meeting? Thank you for the question. I do not think that these threats were related to my visit. If that was indeed the case, then I will not let myself be intimidated. It does not make an impression on me. And I will make those trips and make those visits that I consider necessary. And I am completely indifferent to such threats. Regarding military assistance, I ask for your understanding that I cannot announce this publicly. But there is no secret in the fact that it concerns two capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. First is air defense, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces require assistance. As well as communication and connection systems, for example, satellite communication. Systems that would help the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive more information and defend themselves more effectively. There are a whole number of other details, but these details, I ask for your understanding, will not be disclosed.

Speaker 1

Regarding funding, it seems to me there is public information that the German government supports Ukraine, our region, at the level of 11.5 billion euros in 2026. And, certainly, in reality, in principle, the chancellor said they understood. This is PPU, we are very grateful. I will always repeat this, because we are very grateful for the ARIS systems and missiles. ARIS, they are very strong, we are grateful. The protection of many energy facilities and other infrastructure was preserved thanks to the relevant German technologies. As for other aid, there is the European credit. Germany's contribution to the general European credit can also be calculated, I think, it is absolutely known, a strong contribution, the largest. We are always grateful for Germany's general support of our Armed Forces. We can mention the Netherlands, we can mention Norway, we can mention Sweden. I would say that these are the top countries with the largest funding, with Germany in first place. We are very grateful for such assistance.

Speaker 2

The question is whether Lavrov's meeting with his German colleague was productive?

Speaker 1

Lavrov with his German colleague? I simply wasn't invited there.

Speaker 2

That

Speaker 1

it was about history, i am sure.

Speaker 4

Question: was there a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Vadifulyv of Germany and Lavrov, does it make sense to have such meetings at the present time?

Speaker 1

Do everything you can, at your level, to ensure a diplomatic resolution of this terrible war, the end of this war. If Minister Vadifulyov definitely wants this, I am sure that Lavrov, to put it mildly, does not really want it, because he is associated with those people, as far as I know from our diplomats and intelligence. He is precisely from that circle of Putin's that wants the occupation of Ukraine, does not recognize our independence, and does not want the wars to end.

Speaker 2

Like the news, please.

Speaker 8

Thank you for this opportunity. Mr. President, the first question is for you. The Western press, citing our intelligence officers, writes about a new large-scale strike in Russia using hundreds of missiles and drones against the energy system of the entire country. How will we respond, and is this data exaggerated? A brief clarification for you regarding the strikes on bridges. Is this terror against the civilian population? Or an attempt to cut off the left bank from the right? And a question for Mr. Mertens. First of all, I thank you for your visit and for your support. Russia continues to terrorize Western countries. Now Moldova and Romania, members of the EU and NATO, are under attack by drone strikes. And how long will the West hesitate to give a worthy response to Moscow? Or will it wait for jet drones in Berlin or Munich? Thank you very much.

Speaker 1

Friedrich, do you want me to try? You try. Thank you. We must fight and we are fighting. These are their production sites. These are our sanctions, as we say, long-range. Or sanctions we always demand from the USA, America. We ask, and not even demand, both from the European Union and from other countries, which must stop these chains and the supply of certain elements for these missiles, in order to reduce their production. There is no other way to fight this. One cannot just impose sanctions and find storage sites for the corresponding drones and missiles. Regarding massive strikes, approximately the kind of strikes we are seeing now, I believe they will move not toward quantity, but toward quality. Moving from ordinary Shaheds, maximizing the percentage of jet-powered ones. This is what we are seeing. Ballistic missiles, yes. Ordinary, as we already say, ordinary cruise missiles. We are shooting them down; in principle, we have what we need to shoot them down. Ballistic ones are a challenge for now. But these are challenges. And you see for yourselves, you feel now that they are terrorizing us en masse with jet Shaheds. We feel this, just as we felt the mass Shaheds before we learned how to shoot them down. This too we will overcome. I think that we will overcome it. Although it is very difficult. Again, I return to the elements which, unfortunately, are not mass-produced in Ukraine. We will find ways out. Cutting off bridges, whether it's terror, as well as cutting off the left from the right. And what is the difference? This is an unconditional collapse. They want our people to leave the big cities. Primarily from the capital. Create chaos in the Odesa region. And in Kharkiv, very strong people tried. Once again, very grateful to the people of Kharkiv. He could not break them. Even though the enemy was very close. Simply could not. Honestly, Kharkiv defeated Putin. I am sure of this, that for him it is the symbolic first capital of Ukraine. The people of Kharkiv are simply great. All of ours are great. Now there is terror in Kyiv. And certainly the Ministry of Defense is working together with the AFU and the local authorities. And they must develop alternatives for any case if there is some serious challenge regarding the infrastructure. If they will do everything to break the infrastructure in the capital. They are already working on this. And, honestly, I believe that this is certainly Putin's desire to maximally reduce the resilience of Ukraine.

Speaker 4

Thank you very much for your question. We see daily violations of airspace and hybrid attacks on our infrastructure. The most severe attack was the attack on the Leptsevsky Airport of Chetvertos. And only thanks to many instances was it possible to avoid explosions, which potentially could have caused human casualties. We have drawn conclusions from this. We closed the consulate of the Russian Federation in Bonn. We closed the Russian House in Berlin. And we also expelled a large number of Russian citizens from our territory. We are now conducting much stricter control. Regarding Russian citizens, we are taking more severe measures against Russia. We and our European partners also support this. We informed NATO about this, informed the European Commission, and received approval from these institutions and approval from our neighbors. This also applies to attacks on other members of the European Union. We constantly take the same measures. Therefore, I cannot confirm your assertion that we are waiting. We are not waiting and we are not delaying. We are acting in order to defend ourselves. This concerns both the Shadow Fleet of Russia and those incursions of aircraft into our airspace. And do not doubt that in the future we will also react accordingly and do everything so that the public in our countries knows where the threat originates.

Speaker 7

Mr. President, thank you for receiving us here today. You just said that Germany is the most important supporter. When you hear about the recent election results and the relations between those parties and the governing party, how concerned are you about the stability of the German government and what this could mean for Ukraine?

Speaker 4

Mr. Federal Chancellor, how do you manage to convince Ukrainian partners that Germany's assistance continues and to convince them of the stability of the German federal government? I can once again confirm, as a result of our conversation, that both in the European Union and in many partner countries outside the EU, certain questions are arising regarding the stability of the German federal government. And perhaps some people even within Germany itself do not realize what it could mean if the federal government failed to handle its tasks. This would have countless consequences for stability. And such consequences would be felt in the economy, as well as in foreign and domestic policy. And, as you see, all this is closely interconnected; using today as an example, we are talking about the stability of Europe, of all of Europe, about the security policy of all of Europe, and also about the relations between Ukraine and Germany. Foreign policy, foreign trade policy, and economic policy—they cannot be separated from one another; they are indivisible and must be implemented as a single complex. And therefore this visit, which I planned earlier, is taking place despite external threats.

Speaker 1

I am grateful to Friedrich, we have very constructive meetings and they have helped a lot. I am grateful to the entire government of Germany for the constant support. I want to say that we are very grateful to your people, because leaders always rely on the opinion of the people and the majority of people in Germany support us. And I think that this is absolutely logical because, let's be honest, what is the alternative to this? When someone proposes an alternative to helping, it is one thing, not to help. That is, what is the alternative? Not to help. If the alternative is not to help Ukraine, it means that Ukraine stands alone. For example, let's imagine that in 1922 we defended, and for as long as we could we stood, and we would have remained alone. Without any help, without the help of Germany, Europe, Britain, USA, America. What would have happened? What are they offering people, the alternative of not helping? That is, for Ukraine not to withstand, to fall, and for Russia to be closer to your borders? That is, the threat would simply be closer to you. At the borders of Poland or elsewhere. And if now, with Ukraine's strong position, drones are already reaching many European countries, isolated ones, well, Putin will simply have more boldness. And in the path of these drones, a strong Ukraine will not be standing, and more will reach. That is, when someone says that there is an alternative to helping Ukraine, he simply does not want to be responsible for the terrible result. And therefore, I would not look for any other way out than helping Ukraine.

Speaker 2

Thank you. Please, TSN. Thank you very much.

Speaker 2

in Ukrainian and with Germanic.

Speaker 7

Thank you for this opportunity and Your Excellencies. My first question to you. When will Ukraine be able to receive the first shipments of German PAC-2 missiles? And following up on this, did you hear the explosion in Kyiv today? And what was your reaction to it? Perhaps you had to go to a shelter? Perhaps together with the president?

Speaker 10

You said that the Russians are not engaging in dialogue. They do not want diplomacy. We need to force them to do so. In other words, we see escalation. Against this background, I have a question for you. Is there a clear agreement to hold a trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi this month? Us, the Americans, and the Russians. And also, more than a week has passed since the moment when you, the American delegations, conveyed our vision of an energy truce; they supposedly promised to provide Russian feedback. So, have you seen it yet? If so, what is in it? Thank you very much. Thank you.

Speaker 4

Thank you very much. Yes, so far I have already experienced three alerts in Kyiv since the moment of my arrival in Kyiv. But we are very reliably accompanied by the German embassy and representatives of the Ukrainian government. Therefore, not once did we have to go down into shelter. And it was explained to me that there is a very clear system for informing about aerial threats in Ukraine. The system is very reliable. And the German embassy in Kyiv also uses this alert notification system. And I also use this system. What can we supply? The industry experts must answer this question—what they produce, what technical capabilities exist. We just need to produce everything as quickly as possible, because help is needed urgently. Especially help with air defense. And we are working to support Ukraine effectively in this.

Speaker 1

I cannot share all the details with you. Yesterday, for example, I spoke with the negotiating group, the American group. The American side is currently in contact with Ukraine and Russia and proposes to somehow hold a meeting at the technical level in a trilateral format by the end of October. Yesterday, I confirmed to them that our side is ready to support this by the end of October. In principle, there is no new information here. We are open to the Emirates or another country proposed by the American side. I know that they will propose this to the Russian side as well, or have already proposed it; I don't know the sequence of actions. And we will wait for the answer. We react positively to the victory.

Speaker 2

And final questions, please, Zeit.

Speaker 4

Mr. Federal Chancellor, you have already said that the people of Germany will support Ukraine. If we look at the discourse, we see in Germany that criticism regarding aid to Ukraine is intensifying. How do you view this? I see these public opinion polls. I take them very seriously, even if I do not share them. I will try in the federal government statement in a week, which will take place at the European Union Council on October 16. I also want to argue and explain in the government statement why Germany's aid to Ukraine is so important. And that this aid deeply corresponds to the interests of Germany as well. I have already spoken about those attacks that Russia carries out, not only against Ukraine, but meanwhile also against Germany. We feel attacks on our data centers almost every day as well. And Ukraine suffers from this every day. I think that this terror will intensify. And therefore we must justify the aid. Domestically, the most important thing for me is the preservation of the political order in Europe. That order in Europe which we agreed upon after 1990, so that this order continues to be preserved. Yesterday we celebrated the 36th anniversary of the Day of German Unity and the reunification of Germany. And the Federal President of Germany also spoke very well about this, that not only must we ourselves concentrate on domestic political issues, but we are making efforts to preserve this peaceful order and peaceful structure in all of Europe. And this peaceful order is now under threat not only in Ukraine, but in all of Europe. Systematic fakes, fake information are being spread by Russian networks and their publicists in Germany. And you see that today I am more determined than ever, because now it is indeed the rush hour, it is no less and no more. A very decisive moment. Thank you.