The war in Ukraine has caused an "epochal break" in Germany's relations with Russia and shattered former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's dream of a common European home, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, according to Reuters.

"When we look at the Russia of today, there is no room for old dreams," Steinmeier said in the prepared text of a national address. "Our countries are standing against each other today."

"It has also plunged us in Germany into another time, into an insecurity we thought we had overcome: a time marked by war, violence and flight, by concerns about the expansion of war into a wildfire in Europe," he said.

Steinmeier paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, promising further support for Ukraine, especially in the area of air defense.