The Budget Committee of the German Parliament called on Finance Minister Joerg Kukies to approve additional military aid to Ukraine. It is about the amount of 3 billion euros, Reuters reports. According to the agency,

Germany's budget committee has called Finance Minister Joerg Kukies to approve an additional 3 billion euros ($3.13 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

A Ukrainian Holocaust survivor made an impassioned plea to German lawmakers Wednesday to do more to fight Russia's "new war of extermination", as Germany marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.

The Ukrainian government is ramping up efforts to encourage war refugees in Germany to return home. As part of these efforts, so-called "unity hubs" will be set up in Berlin and eventually in other locations to assist Ukrainian refugees with job placement,