German Overseas Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday visited the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa.
The minister travelled to the Black Sea metropolis by automotive from Kiev with solely a small delegation on account of safety causes, with the port being a key goal for missile and drone assaults from Russia.
Wadephul was accompanied by his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha.
Because of the menace of focused Russian assaults, the go to was stored secret till Wadephul departed for neighbouring Moldova.
With round 1 million residents, Odessa is the third-largest metropolis in Ukraine after Kiev and Kharkiv.
Its oil refineries, chemical and metalworking industries, and significance as a transport hub have made the port a key goal of Russian ballistic missiles from the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
On Saturday, two folks had been killed in a drone strike on a tower block within the metropolis, with 14 others injured.
Wadephul’s go to got here someday after he made his inaugural go to to the Ukrainian capital since taking workplace in Could. The minister promised intense cooperation on defence between Germany and Ukraine.
Germany is certainly one of Ukraine’s key backers within the nation’s ongoing defence in opposition to the Russian invasion.