German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a security agreement at a ceremony in the German capital on Friday, Reuters reports.
The details of the agreement were not immediately made public. Zelenskiy is visiting Germany and France to drum up support for more military aid as the war with Russia nears its third year.
"A historic step. Germany will continue to support Ukraine against the Russian war of aggression," Scholz said on social media. "But today we are also taking a historic step further. Ladies and gentlemen, President Zelensky and I have just signed an agreement on our long-term bilateral security commitments. The significance of this document can hardly be overestimated. It states that Germany will continue to support the independent Ukraine in its defence against the Russian war of aggression. I have said it many times, as long as it takes."
