Olaf Scholz met the prime ministers of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia in Tallinn. The three ex-Soviet republics are worried about their security against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The German Chancellor said that Germany was ready to defend "every square centimeter of NATO territory" against attacks. The summit in Vilnius will "focus on organizing concrete support for Ukraine," says the German Chancellor, who is "consistently aligning the defense of Germany with the situation in Ukraine"