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Visitors discover the remains of a Russian KH-101 cruise missile (L) and other items during a press presentation of the "Ukraine Museum" in the "Berlin Story Bunker" on February 23, 2026 in Berlin, one day of its opening to the public and the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
February 24, 2026, 9:58 am
Ukraine war exhibit opens at Berlin museum in former Nazi bunker
Four years into grueling war with Russia, museum curator says new display hopes to show ‘physical reality’ of war, as it hammers importance of Ukraine as ‘shield’ of Europe
By Léa Pernelle
Bjöern Höecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks at an election campaign rally in Suhl, Germany, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
September 1, 2024, 11:48 pm
Far-right German AfD party set to win first state elections
Projections show Alternative for Germany party winning in Thuringia and coming in close second in Saxony, as immigration and German support of Ukraine dominate agenda
By Geir Moulson
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at Chequers, the prime minister's official country residence, near Ellesborough, northwest of London, on May 15, 2023 (Carl Court / POOL / AFP)
May 15, 2023, 1:23 pm
On UK visit, Zelensky secures missiles and drones to fight Russian invasion
Downing Street says British PM Sunak will push allies to pledge more equipment; Ukrainian president is on European tour to bolster military ahead of a planned offensive
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a media conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
May 14, 2023, 3:53 pm
Zelensky says looming offensive aims to retake lost ground, not attack Russia
At press conference with German chancellor, Ukraine’s president responds to rumors Kyiv may try to take towns outside its borders to use as leverage in future talks with Moscow
By Frank Jordans
A Leopard 2A6 tank from the Bundeswehr's Panzer exercise bataillon 93 fires at the Oberlausitz training area in Weisskeissel, Germany, August 12, 2009. (Ralf Hirschberger/dpa via AP, file)
January 26, 2023, 1:04 pm
As Ukraine lauds Western move to send tanks, Russia downplays impact on war
While Kyiv officials see transfer of Leopard and Abram tanks as a major breakthrough, Kremlin says significance is ‘exaggerated,’ vows to make them ‘burn just like any others’
By AP
Illustrative: A member of the US Army's 1st Armored Battalion of the 9th Regiment, 1st Division from Fort Hood in Texas walks near Abrams battle tanks after arriving at the Pabrade railway station some 50 km (31 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
January 24, 2023, 7:09 pm
US said ‘leaning toward’ supplying Ukraine with Abrams tanks
Wall Street Journal quotes officials saying delivery could be announced this week as part of agreement that will see Germany send Leopard 2s
By ToI Staff and Agencies
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht rides in a tank during her visit to the Tank Training Brigade 9 in Munster, Germany, February 7, 2022. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP, File)
January 16, 2023, 1:46 pm
German defense minister steps down amid criticism of Ukraine policy
Christine Lambrecht was accused of hesitancy on aid to Kyiv, along with amateurish public communication and misuse of government property
By Geir Moulson and Frank Jordans
People queue to receive a daily ration of bread in a school in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, October 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
October 25, 2022, 3:06 pm
West mulls ‘new Marshall Plan’ for Ukraine, as German president visits Kyiv
Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s trip aimed to ‘send a signal of solidarity to Ukrainians’; EU leaders begin planning future rebuilding of Ukraine after estimated damage of $345 billion
By ANDREW MELDRUM
A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple Russian bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
April 26, 2022, 7:12 pm
Russia intensifies attacks in Ukraine’s Donbas as West scrambles to arm Kyiv
At least nine killed in Russian attacks on towns and cities in eastern and southern Ukraine; dozens of strikes pound Mariupol plant where last fighters holed up
By YESICA FISCH and Jon Gambrell
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) arrive for a joint press conference in Kyiv, on February 14, 2022. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
April 12, 2022, 10:17 pm
Pressure mounts on Berlin to up war response as Kyiv snubs German president
Germany is facing growing criticism for its years-long detente policy toward Russia, with leaders hesitant on providing heavy weapons to Ukraine or cutting energy ties with Moscow
By Femke COLBORNE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (on screen) gets a standing ovation by the members of the government and of parliament after he addressed via videolink the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, on March 17, 2022 in Berlin. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
March 17, 2022, 1:23 pm
Zelensky tells German MPs ‘never again’ Holocaust slogan is now meaningless
Ukrainian president addresses Bundestag via video, says Europe being destroyed, urges tearing down a new ‘wall’ that Russia is building between ‘freedom and bondage’
By ToI Staff and AFP
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