German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke on the phone Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and both “praised the mediation efforts” of US President Donald Trump, a German government spokesman said.
Merz and Zelensky “agreed that Russia must end its illegal war of aggression” and said they would continue “exchanging closely” with European partners and the United States, the spokesman added, as the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet Trump in the “coming days”.
