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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on April 16 that he has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to "put pressure" on Moscow to end its war in Ukraine, as "China's word carries weight in Russia." Scholz met with Xi in Beijing on April 16 as part of a three-day visit to China. Scholz said before the meeting that he planned to discuss "how we can contribute more to a just peace in Ukraine." The German chancellor said he asked Xi to "put pressure on Russia to ensure that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin finally abandons his insane campaign, withdraws his troops, and ends this terrible war." The tw...
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Once the “sick man of Europe,” Germany seems to be under the weather once again. That might be putting it mildly: much as it did in the late 1990s, Germany is staring down the barrel of “stagflation” – high inflation and unemployment combined with stagnant demand and low growth. A lack of effective political leadership further darkens the outlook for Germany – and for the European Union that depends on it. France might be the EU’s second-largest economy, a nuclear power, and the only member state with a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, but Germany is its economic powerhou...
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Whoever doubts that Europe is in danger of an ominous divergence on Russia and Ukraine should take a look at the forced smiles of the “triple handshake” between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk when they met in Berlin last Friday, ostensibly to overcome their strategic differences in the context of the “Weimar Triangle.” In the past three weeks, Europe’s debate about increased support for Ukraine versus “suing for peace” has gone up several decibels in volume. Let’s take a closer look at France, Germany, and Poland’s leaders...
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Key developments on March 15: Russian missile strike kills 20, injures 73 in Odesa, first responders among victimsScholz, Macron, Tusk vow more arms purchases, new initiatives for UkraineRussia recruits more foreign mercenaries to fight in war, Ukraine saysSyrskyi: Russia trying to break through in Avdiivka direction, Ukraine facing 'intense artillery fire'Russia launched two Iskander-M missiles against Odesa on March 15, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 70 as of 8 p.m. local time, officials said. First responders and police officers were among the victims. Russian forces employed ...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met in Berlin on March 15 to coordinate their countries' support for Ukraine. The German and French leaders meet amid a growing rift in their public views on how to best help Kyiv repel Russian aggression. An advocate of reaching out to Vladimir Putin in the first days of the full-scale war, Macron recently took a seemingly unexpected turn, saying that the allies should stop restraining themselves with red lines and introduce strategic ambiguity in their approach toward Ukraine and Russia. Th...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram on March 14 that he held a telephone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss further political, economic, and defense cooperation between the two states. Zelensky and Scholz discussed future defense cooperation at the level of state and private defense industry representatives. Ukraine's current priorities, namely air defense systems, armored vehicles, and artillery, were also mentioned during the conversation, according to Zelensky. The president also thanked Germanyfor joining the Czech-led initiative to provide Ukraine with artil...
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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called the publication of a leaked conversation between German military officers a disinformation attack on March 3, according to German media. An audio recording of a conversation between German Air Force officers about the delivery of Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine and the training of Ukrainian troops was published on March 1 by the chief editor of Russia’s state TV channel RT. "This is a hybrid disinformation attack, it’s about division,” Pistorius said, according to the German television channel Tagesschau. “We must not fall for (Russian Presi...
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French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are not getting along, and Macron's recent suggestion of a possible deployment of Western troops in Ukraine has further fueled the disagreement, Bloomberg reported on March 1, citing unnamed officials familiar with the matter. The reports about the alleged dispute between two leaders who are among Ukraine's key allies came amid Russia's attempts to advance in several sectors in the east and south of Ukraine following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast and uncertainty over stalled U.S. aid to Kyiv...
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