Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has advocated granting Ukraine and its small neighboring Republic of Moldova the status of EU accession candidates.
“Germany is for a positive decision in favor of Ukraine.
That also applies to the Republic of Moldova," said the SPD politician at a press conference in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday.
"Ukraine is part of the European family," he added.
The air raid alarm had been raised for the second time during the Chancellor's visit to Kyiv.
This was reported by a reporter from the German Press Agency.
Scholz had previously pledged further support to the war-torn country on his long-awaited first trip to Ukraine.
On the 113th day after the Russian attack, Scholz came to the capital Kyiv with French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for a solidarity visit.
European leaders met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss further support.
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, again demanded that Scholz deliver heavy weapons quickly.
Scholz, Macron and Draghi traveled together overnight in a special train to Kyiv.
Shortly after their arrival, an air alert was triggered in the Ukrainian capital, which was lifted again after a good 30 minutes.
Visit to Irpin
After his arrival, Scholz visited the partially destroyed Kiev suburb of Irpin.
Similar to neighboring Bucha, almost 300 civilians, some of whom were executed, were found there after the Russians retreated at the end of March.
In Irpin, Scholz condemned the "brutality" of the Russian war of aggression.
Scholz spoke of senseless violence.
A city was destroyed in which there were no military structures at all.
"That says a lot about the brutality of Russia's war of aggression, simply out for destruction and conquest."
Impressed by the destruction in Irpin, Romania's President Iohannis again demanded that Russia's atrocities be brought before an international criminal court.
Italy's Prime Minister Draghi believes Ukraine is capable of rebuilding after the Russian war of aggression.
"This is a place of destruction, but also of hope," Draghi said in Irpin.
In a first reaction from Moscow, Russia's former President Dmitry Medvedev scoffed at the four top politicians' trip to Kyiv.
"European fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti love to visit Kyiv," Medvedev wrote on his Twitter.
"With zero benefit."
Scholz had already promised Ukraine full support in the fight against Russia's attack on the trip to Kyiv.
The support will continue for as long "as it is necessary for Ukraine's struggle for independence," he said.
Macron told BFMTV that it was about a "message of European unity addressed to Ukrainians and support to talk about the present and the future at the same time because we know that the next few weeks will be difficult".