A likely focus of talks between the two leaders will be military aid and whether Germany will provide Ukraine with the Taurus cruise missile.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine’s allies decided several months ago to drop restrictions on the use of the weapons they’ve provided to allow Kyiv to strike targets deep inside Russia.

Demanding the imposition of sanctions against European countries that have refused confrontation with Russia, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is acting recklessly. This was stated on the social network X by the leader of the French Patriots party Florian Philippot.

It is likely necessary to prepare for a prolonged war in Ukraine, as Russia is delaying peace talks, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to Sky News. "Wars typically end because of economic or military exhaustion on one side or on both sides and in this war we are obviously still far from reaching that,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Ukraine is likely to face a prolonged war due to the unwillingness of the aggressor country of russia to negotiate.

The Israeli ambassador to Germany says his government is taking German criticism of its campaign in Gaza seriously, one day after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Israel's military actions "can no longer be justified by the fight against Hamas terrorism.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded to the comments made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding the supposed lack of restrictions on the usage of long-range weapons by Ukraine. Peskov expressed that there is "considerable confusion" surrounding this issue.

The "strategic uncertainty" over Taurus, which Mertz is forcing, led to the convening of the UN Security Council by Russia, where Berlin will be accused of disrupting peace agreements on Ukraine. The columnist writes about this Pravda.