President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that relations with Germany are undulating and Kyiv must convince Berlin about new military assistance every time.. He said this in an interview with Der Spiegel.

According to the Ukrainian leader, relations and understanding of Berlin and Kyiv have changed a lot since the beginning of the war.

" At first it was very hard for me, temperaments are completely different. By nature I am a fast person. Others work more slowly, which may also be due to their bureaucracy,"

" We received IRIS-T air defense systems, for which I am very grateful to Germany. They saved many lives,"

At the same time, according to the president, he has to put pressure on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in order to receive military assistance..

" I know that you yourself have nothing else, we have an intelligence service. I know that you give us everything you have" And I don't know how, but he actually managed to produce them faster.. It was positive.

Only now we are back in a difficult phase with this debate about German tanks, it is emotional and complex. I have to put pressure on assistance to Ukraine and constantly convince him that this assistance is needed not by us, but by the Europeans,"

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Earlier media reported that the German company Rheinmetall is going to supply Ukraine with its most modern main battle tank KF-51 Panther. At the same time, approval of such an agreement requires the permission of the German federal government..