German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visited Kharkiv on 23 August while on a visit to Ukraine.
Source: news agency DPA, as reported by European Pravda; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)
Details: During the visit, Wadephul spoke with university students, inspected a power station that had already been struck six times by Russian missiles and visited a metro depot that was badly damaged back in 2022. On Ukraine's Flag Day, he also took part in a ceremony near one of the tallest flagpoles in Europe.
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Wadephul also paid tribute to the "extraordinary will to resist" shown by Kharkiv residents. He said the city has a "spirit of resisting Russian violence and keeping life going" – a spirit he said should be carried into Europe.
