Volodymyr Zelenskyj is to receive the Charlemagne Prize this year. Chancellor Scholz will hold the laudatory speech. And as “Bild am Sonntag” reports, the Ukrainian President is planning to come to Aachen in person.
According to information from “Bild am Sonntag” from German government circles, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) will hold the laudatory speech at this year’s Charlemagne Prize ceremony for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to information in the newspaper from Ukrainian government circles, there are plans for Selenskyj to come to Aachen in person. It would be his first visit to Germany since the beginning of the war.
Summer offensive could prevent Zelenskyj from visiting
However, the planned summer offensive by the Ukrainians could mean that Selenskyj does not come out of the country and has to be connected via video. The presentation of the Charlemagne Prize was previously planned for Ascension Day (May 18). Because Scholz is on his way to the G-7 summit in Japan on this date, the event will be postponed to the weekend before.
Ex-Bundeswehr soldier dies in Ukraine
According to information from “Bild am Sonntag”, a former Bundeswehr soldier died in Ukraine on Friday. The man died in a hospital in Kramatorsk after fighting alongside Ukraine in the months-contested town of Bakhmut.
