German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter serious negotiations ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska. "We expect President Putin to take President Trump's offer of talks seriously and to enter into negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions after the meeting in Alaska,

Chancellor calls on Russian president to take Trump's offer of talks seriously, enter into negotiations with Ukraine ‘without conditions’ after Alaska meeting

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced that the first two stages of large-scale talks involving European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the US leadership have been completed and shared what topics were discussed with US President Donald Trump.