Bärbel Bas, the president of Germany’s Bundestag parliament, is the latest in a string of German politicians to announce their intention to travel to Kiev to express support for Ukraine’s defence against the Russian invasion. A spokeswoman told dpa on Thursday that Bas intends to travel to Ukraine at the invitation of her Ukrainian counterpart, Ruslan Stefanchuk, to hold talks and to jointly commemorate the victims of World War II. Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz became the first high-profile German politician to travel to Kiev this week, and others including Foreign Minister Ann…