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Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says he believes the EU member will manage to send a first battalion of tanks to war-torn Ukraine by April. "I think we could deliver at least one battalion in the first four months of this year. Three months maybe. And then we have to proceed as fast as possible of course," he tells reporters while on a visit to Warsaw. SOUNDBITE
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Bellevue Castle in Berlin. Zelensky's visit is aimed at rallying Western support for his embattled troops ahead of the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says during a press conference in Colombia's capital Bogota that he welcomes the conversation between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, thought to be their first call since Russia invaded Ukraine. SOUNDBITE TO FOLLOW 33DW89G
President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives for a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. IMAGES
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes the chair of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk on a visit to Berlin. IMAGES
In Luxembourg, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner says it is not yet possible for the EU to cut Russian gas imports as a sanction against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE