UPDATE, OCTOBER 4 — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced more than €1.3 billion in new support for Ukraine during his visit to Kyiv on Sunday.

The package includes €1 billion in military assistance — including long-range strike weapons, drones and satellite technology — plus €350 million intended to help Ukraine repair and protect its energy system before winter, according to the Associated Press.

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Germany and Ukraine also signed 15 agreements valued at a combined €8.5 billion, covering security cooperation, drone defence and other bilateral projects.

The confirmed package advances the earlier report that Merz had arrived with defence-industry executives to discuss support and a drone-production arrangement. The commitments are announcements and agreements; they should not be read as proof that every item has already been delivered.

Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Kyiv building damaged in a recent Russian strike. The visit comes as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Sources: Associated Press, updated October 4; Reuters report on Merz’s arrival, October 4.

Lead image: AI-generated archive illustration of damaged Ukrainian energy infrastructure; not a photograph of the visit.