Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (2ndR) get ready to lay a wreath at the Bundeswehr memorial at the Defence ministry in Berlin on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (2ndR) get ready to lay a wreath at the Bundeswehr memorial at the Defence ministry in Berlin on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (2ndL) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (2ndR) lay a wreath at the Bundeswehr memorial at the Defence ministry in Berlin on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (R) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (L) are pictured during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (R) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (L) are pictured during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (R) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (L) are pictured during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) lokks on as Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov lays a wreath at the Bundeswehr memorial at the Defence ministry in Berlin on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (R) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (L) are pictured during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (3rdR) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (2ndR) leave after laying a wreath at the Bundeswehr memorial at the Defence ministry in Berlin on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) look on during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (R) is welcomed with a handshake by Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at his arrival in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (R) and Germany's Defence Minister (not pictured) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (2ndR) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (3rdR) get ready to lay a wreath at the Bundeswehr memorial at the Defence ministry in Berlin on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (C) stands during the welcome ceremony with Ukraine's Defence Minister (not pictured) and in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (2ndL) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) stand during the welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

dpatop - 04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, l-r), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, l), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, r-l), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, hiten,r-l), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, l-r), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, back, right), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

04 September 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (SPD, l), Minister of Defense, receives his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umjerow for his inaugural visit with military honors and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial in the Federal Ministry of Defense. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa