After visiting Berlin on May 13 at the request of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will receive the 2023 Charlemagne prize in Aachen, police and media reported on Wednesday.
According to Tagesspiegel, Zelenskiy will get military honors from Scholz before flying to Aachen in western Germany.
“At the invitation of the Federal Chancellor, the President of Ukraine, Mr Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is expected to make an official visit to Berlin and Aachen from May 13 to 14,” the federal police told Reuters.
A government employee refused to confirm Scholz’s appointments every Friday for the following week.
Germany and other Western nations sanctioned Moscow and offered help and weaponry to Kyiv when Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Ukraine requested long-range weapons, aircraft, and ammunition from its allies before a Russian invasion counteroffensive.
After weeks of diplomatic deadlock, Germany and the US gave Ukraine improved battle tanks in January, but Berlin has refused Kyiv’s requests for advanced jet planes.
