Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany paid a shock go to to Ukraine on Monday, his first in additional than two years, to reaffirm his nation’s help amid mounting concern in Kyiv that the West might reduce navy assist and push for a negotiated settlement with Russia.

Mr. Scholz’s journey got here two weeks after he held a cellphone name with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to debate potential paths to finish the warfare. Ukrainian officers denounced that outreach, saying that it broke Mr. Putin’s diplomatic isolation from the West and bolstered Moscow’s place forward of doable peace talks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was notably important, warning that Mr. Scholz’s cellphone name risked opening “a Pandora’s field” by encouraging extra leaders to have interaction with Mr. Putin, finally legitimizing the Russian president’s place.

Mr. Scholz’s go to to Kyiv on Monday appeared, at the very least partly, geared toward easing these tensions, and he introduced that his nation would ship $680 million of navy gear to Ukraine by the 12 months’s finish, a part of a much bigger bundle introduced within the fall.

“We is not going to weaken our help for Ukraine,” Mr. Scholz stated at a information convention in Kyiv on Monday afternoon.

Mr. Zelensky, who has usually complained about lengthy delays within the supply of Western assist, thanked Mr. Scholz for the speedy provide of the navy gear, which can embody air protection programs and armored autos.