The visit comes weeks before the German leader is set to ask his parliament for a vote of no confidence, which he is widely expected to lose.
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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine only weeks before he is set to ask his parliament
00:07for a vote of no confidence he is widely expected to lose.
00:12Scholz promised the war-torn country an additional aid package worth 650 million euro at a time
00:18of escalating Russian attacks.
00:22The German leader's approach to Ukraine has come under criticism, primarily due to his
00:26refusal to send powerful cruise missiles to Kiev, as he argues it would risk Germany
00:31becoming directly involved in the conflict.
00:36Ukraine's ambassador to Germany called Scholz's refusal to send the weapons a blank check
00:41for the Russians.
00:43Scholz drew further criticism in November after he spoke on the telephone with Russian
00:48President Vladimir Putin.
00:50A call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said undermined international efforts to isolate
00:56Russia.