Live updates: German president says he's not wanted in Kyiv
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What's happening in Ukraine on Tuesday: Germany's president says his Polish counterpart suggested that they travel to Ukraine together with other leaders to show solidarity, but 'that apparently wasn't wanted in Kyiv.'
BERLIN -- Germany's president says his Polish counterpart suggested that they travel to Ukraine together with other leaders to show solidarity, but "that apparently wasn't wanted in Kyiv."
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's comments Tuesday, during a visit to Poland, came after German newspaper Bild quoted an unidentified Ukrainian diplomat as saying that he's not welcome in Kyiv at the moment because he had close relations with Russia in the past.
Steinmeier said Polish President Andrzej Duda had suggested that they travel to the Ukrainian capital with the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to send "a strong signal of joint European solidarity with Ukraine." He said he had been prepared to do so.
Steinmeier last week admitted mistakes in policy toward Russia in his previous job as foreign minister.
