14 September 2023, Berlin: Vitali Klitschko (l-r), Mayor of Kiev (Ukraine), Cornelia Seibeld (CDU), President of the Berlin House of Representatives, and Kai Wegner (CDU), Governing Mayor of Berlin, stand next to each other at the Red City Hall after the signing of the new city partnership between Berlin and the Ukrainian capital Kiev. The Senate sees the twinning with Kiev as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. Kiev is Berlin's eighteenth twin city. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa