The German President felt Russian aggression firsthand: What he experienced in Ukraine opened his eyes – Novy Čas

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had to hide in a bunker during his visit to the north of Ukraine on Tuesday during an air raid alert. TASR took the report from the Tagesschau website. A few hours after Steinmeier’s arrival in Ukraine, an alarm sounded in Kyiv and other parts of the country warning of the threat of missile attacks. Steinmeier was at the time in the city of Korjukivka, about 200 kilometers northeast of Kyiv in the Chernihiv region. The president and the journalists who accompanied him had to take refuge in an underground shelter, writes Tagesschau. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is visiting Ukraine today. While he was talking to the media in Chernihiv, an air raid alert went on and everyone needed to go to the shelter. A very good illustration why Ukraine needs more air defense systems ASAP.📷 : dpa pic.twitter.com/VRAyrQD7Fl — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 25, 2022 The approximately one and a half hour stay in the bunker allowed the president and his entourage to experience the conditions in which people live in the city. “We had the opportunity to speak with 10-15 men and women from Koryukivka about the last eight months of Russia’s war of aggression,” Steinmeier said, adding that Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused many casualties and damage.