On October 11, President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Germany, where he received new pledges of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s support.
Zelensky’s visit is a part of a wider European tour, during which he hopes that he can increase support for Ukraine and the five-step plan to victory.
Scholz announced at a joint news conference that Germany had provided a package of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 600 million euros. This included a fifth IRIS T medium-range system as well as armored vehicles and tanks, howitzers and ammunition.
Scholz said that “by the end of the calendar year, we will deliver a package worth 1.4 billion euro ($1.5 billion) to Ukraine, with the help of our partners — Belgium Denmark and Norway.” The package will include IRIS-T and Skynex anti-aircraft weapons, as well artillery and armored vehicles. It will also include drones, radars and ammunition.
“I am grateful to Germany and to you personally, Olaf, as a result of your powerful assistance for Ukraine,” Zelensky stated, noting that Berlin was the most important in terms air defenses.
Germany provided Ukraine with at least three Patriot systems, as well as several Gepard IRIS-T and Gepard systems.
Zelensky visited Germany after his visits to the U.K. and France. He met with leaders in these countries to present the five-step plan for victory of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian head of state is on a tour of Europe to rally support for his victory plan. Kyiv describes it as a way toward a just and lasting peace.
The situation for the besieged nation is getting worse as Russian forces continue to press on in the east and the population faces an energy shortage in the coming winter. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House in the next month has prompted fears of weakened U.S. backing.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of world events are often very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed during a joint news conference that Germany had already delivered a package worth 600 million euro ($660 million) of aid to Ukraine.
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated by frozen Russian assets.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist held in Russian detention centres where torture was used against prisoners.
“Looking to a future of prosperity and peace also means looking at the reconstruction. I am pleased to announce that ‘Ukraine Recovery Conference will be held in Rome, Italy on 10 and 11th July 2025,” Italian Premier Giorgia meloni said.
A Ukrainian official stated that “the Russian plan in Kursk Oblast was thwarted thus far” due to Russian forces suffering losses.
In Steven Seagal‘s latest documentary, “In the Name of Justice”, which was shared by the Russian state-run platform Smotrim, the actor is shown visiting various occupied areas of Ukraine, including Mariupol.
During a 35-minute meeting, the pope presented Ukraine’s president with a bronze relief with a flower, and an inscription that read, “Peace, a fragile flower.”
On Oct. 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan and spoke at an international conference attended by Central Asian leaders, including the president of Iran.
The alleged attempts to pressurize the media outlet “are nothing less than anti-democratic, given the essential role that the newsroom plays in upholding the core national value of freedom the press,” Gulnoza Saied, the Committee to Protect Journalists‘ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator said.
Vasyl Chynchyk, the head of administration in the town, said that approximately 1,150 people still live there.
Regional authorities reported early on October 11 that Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed six people and injured 27 others over the past 24 hours.
Maksym Kozoytskyi, the Lviv Oblast Governor, confirmed that the passenger bus, which carried the logo of popular transport company FlixBus was travelling from Warsaw to Odesa.
The General Staff has not provided any further details on how the helicopter was destroyed.
In a documentary broadcast on national television, Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Sryskyi stated that “we know about approximately 50,000 soldiers who were transferred from other sectors to the Kursk Direction.”
Oleh Kiper, the Governor of Odesa, reported that Russia launched a missile attack on the district, which killed at least four people including a 16 year old girl.
This includes 1,140 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
The Norwegian government will spend up to 967 millions kroner ($87.5 million) on enhancing its defense industry. This money is aimed at supporting Ukraine in the face of Russia’s full scale invasion.
During his visit to Italy, President Volodymyr Zelensky presented the Ukrainian victory plan to Italian Premier Giorgia Mello.
On Oct. 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Georgians to enter Russia without a visa if they are working or studying there. Moscow is continuing to warm up its relations with Tbilisi despite concerns about the country’s democratic slide.
Bloomberg reported on October 10 that the premiums on war risk insurance for vessels traveling through Ukraine’s Black Sea shipping corridor have increased by approximately 33 per cent as a result of recent Russian attacks on foreign ships.
Local media reported that two large fires broke out at an oil terminal terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia, late at night, on October 10. They were at the site of another blaze, which had been burning for 4 days, at a previous Ukrainian drone attack.
The strike on Oct. 9, which left eight dead and 11 injured, hit a civilian vessel flying the Panamanian flag and damaged its cargo. This was the third Russian attack on a civilian vessel within four days.
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