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Friedrich Merz begins unannounced Kyiv visit as Russia continues strikes on Ukraine’s capital – Europe live

Global Published 4 October 2026, 13:39 · archived 4 Oct 2026

Moscow struck city’s North Bridge this morning, around 20-minutes drive away from the station where the German chancellor arrivedGood morning and welcome to our Europe live blog, I’m Frances Mao. We begin in Kyiv where one of Ukraine’s strongest European backers, the German chancellor Friedrich Merz, has arrived this morning in an unannounced visit. Soon after his arrival, the Russians struck the city’s North Bridge, just a 20-minutes drive from the central railway station where Merz had pulled into.Sirens have rung out across the city and smoke can still be seen rising from the Dnieper River ...

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