Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, saying Ukraine’s freedom was "the most important task" in German policy.
In a show of continuing support for Ukraine's fight to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion, Wadephul is due to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha later on Monday.
Wadephul said in a statement that Germany will help Ukraine "continue to defend itself successfully — with modern air defence and other weapons, with humanitarian and economic aid."
In a statement released by the foreign ministry, Wadepuhl said "Ukraine's freedom and liberty is the most important task in our foreign and security policy."
Germany has been Ukraine's second-largest military backer after the United States, whose continuing support under President Donald Trump is in doubt.
However, Berlin has baulked at granting Zelenskyy's request to provide Ukraine with powerful German- and Swedish-made Taurus long-range missiles.
Instead, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged in May to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any limitations on their use and targets.
Wadephul was accompanied on his trip to Kyiv by German defence industry representatives.
Russia's all-out invasion shows no sign of letting up. Its grinding war of attrition along the roughly 1,000-kilometre front line and long-range strikes on civilian areas of Ukraine have killed thousands of troops and civilians.
Moscow's effort to capture more Ukrainian territory has been costly, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively rejected ceasefire proposals and has not shifted from his war aims.
Putin "doesn't want negotiations, but (Ukrainian) capitulation," Wadephul said in a statement.
Russia launched its biggest combined aerial attack against Ukraine at the weekend, Ukrainian officials said, in its escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in peace efforts.
