military honours at the chancellery and he met the german president early this morning. and while he was there, president zelensky thanked there, president zelensky thanked the german people, describing germany as a true friend under a reliable ally. he is now holding talks with the chancellor olaf scholz and the streets around here are closed, snipers on the rooftops, special police going up and down the river, security as you expect very tight. president zelensky had his plane escorted by german air force fighterjets. that was the formalities, the ceremony. but then germany is also really pulling out the stops as you put it in terms of what it is offering ukraine and what a welcome gift. 2.7 billion euros worth of weapons including tanks and anti aircraft systems. that approximately doubles what germany had given so far in terms of
enjoyed the experience. i don t think the word injury is quite the word i would be using for something like that. let s remind you of one of the stories breaking this hour, these are pictures coming from berlin, we expect a press conference because president zelensky is visiting berlin, his first visit since the russian invasion of his country. he flew to germany over night and his plane was escorted by german air force fighter jets, they have ruled out the red carpet for him in germany and he has met the president of the country and is expected to hold talks with the chancellor olaf scholz. that is happening now and we expect to hear from the menjust happening now and we expect to hear from the men just after that in that press conference. germany did announce yesterday that it will supply about 2.7 billion euros worth of weapons, $3 billion worth of weapons to ukraine so we are
invasion of ukraine they were seen as one of the countries putting brakes on military aid towards ukraine. a lot of people felt that, including that olaf schultz was moving too slow. us seeing that aid package is something that is of huge signi significance. talking about 2.7 billion euros. that s $3 billion in equipment and some of that is extremely important and moderate. the main battle tanks, fighting vehicles. some of the most modern h howitzers in the rorld. you can see the country has come a long way from being one of those being a little bit subdued to one that is on the forefront. the ukrainians themselves are
announced that huge package of weapons, 2.7 billion euros worth. to give you a sense of scale, that effectively will double its contributions militarily so far to keep. initially there were concerns amongst the ukrainians about the german position, its hesitation over sending weapons. post 2nd world war, germany saw itself as having a special responsibility to maintain peace over the continent diplomatically rather than militarily. olaf scholtz is a social democrat, he heads a coalition here. a lot in his own party were pro russian, having with russia. that also changed quickly after the invasion. there were concerns about
the. reporter: hi there, kim. first of all, i think you re absolutely right. i think it is very important not just for volodymyr zelenskyy but for the germans as well. it is the show off their meetings with german leaders. if you look at some of the things that have already been announced here ahead of this meeting, you can already say that at least for the ukrainians, probably for the germans as well, this has already been a big success. one of the things we ve been talking about is the big weapons package. the germans have announced they are giving to ukraine. it s 2.7 billion euros. that s around $3 billion. a lot of the weapons are extr extremely popular.