Air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Ukraine with plans to announce over $1 billion in aid and finalize a drone deal ▻ ↧ Germany's Merz arrives in Kyiv to the sound of sirens and explosions The chancellor will release more than a billion dollars in military aid and nearly $400 million energy-sector repairs, German officials said. Ukraine and Germany also will finalize a deal for joint drone production.