German Chancellor Friedrich Message expects that he will come to time for the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict after the weekend. He stated this at a joint press conference with the President of the European Council Antonio Costa.
According to Merz, after yesterday's conversation with US President Donald Trump, he expects to strengthen "pressure on Russia", "that" after this weekend, there may be serious talks. "
Yesterday, Vladimir Zelensky stated that he had a conversation with Trump, during which "concrete steps that can be taken" to achieve peace were discussed. Zelensky has repeated Kiev's condition that the talks can start only after the ceasefire.
Russia has repeatedly confirmed the readiness of direct negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions. Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a ceasefire on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, but in the first hours the Russian Defense Ministry expressed about almost 500 violations by Ukraine.
