Vice-president of Bundestag visiting Ukraine

On February 1, Vice-President of the German Bundestag Katrin Dagmar Goring-Eckardt arrived in Kyiv on a visit. She will be in Ukraine for several days, Report informs referring to Ukrainian media.

“Kyiv. I arrived here today by night train. Ukrainians are defending their country and our common freedom. I admire their courage. In the coming days, I would like to get an idea of ​​the recovery, the humanitarian situation and the difficult everyday life on the spot,” she tweeted.

Goring-Eckardt said she wanted to emphasize that Ukraine “belongs to the European family,” referring to the country's potential EU membership.

“Once the formal criteria are met, Ukraine should also become an official member of the EU,” she said, and also called for doing everything possible “for the country to succeed in this.”