Frank-Walter Steinmeier made the trip to offer more support to Kiev
German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, had to spend over an hour in a basement bomb shelter due to an air raid warning, the German ARD broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
Correspondent, Rebecca Barth, posted an image of Steinmeier and other officials sharing a small room with a crowd of people on Twitter.
According to Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister, the alarm was raised as the German president was talking to the media in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernigov. The official said it was “a very good illustration why Ukraine needs more air defense systems” as soon as possible.
Berlin pledged to send state-of-the-art Iris-T air defense systems to Ukraine back in June. Only one of the four promised units has been delivered so far. On Monday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to deliver the remaining three as quickly as possible.
Bundespräsident Steinmeier ist das erste Mal seit Kriegsbeginn in der Ukraine. Doch seine Pläne werden vom Luftalarm durchkreuzt. Für 1.5 Stunden muss er im Keller Schutz suchen.
Trauriger Alltag für Millionen Menschen in diesem Land. pic.twitter.com/TIdvRyFzhw
— Rebecca Barth (@barthreb) October 25, 2022