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Ukraine's Zelenskiy to come to Berlin on Wednesday, government source says
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Posted on August 13, 2025
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 13, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Zelenskiy visits Berlin to meet with Merz ahead of the Trump-Putin summit, aiming to bolster Ukraine's position with European support.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Berlin on Wednesday to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a video call with U.S. President Donald Trump, a government source told Reuters.
The Bild newspaper first reported on the visit, which comes as Merz hosts meetings ahead of Trump's planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska.
Merz's talks on Wednesday will also involve the leaders of Finland, France, Britain, Italy, Poland and the European Union, as well as NATO.
Ukraine hopes the meeting will serve - at least partially - as a European counterweight to the summit in Alaska, as Zelenskiy and his backers try to drive home the perils of selling out Kyiv's interests in pursuit of a ceasefire.
(Reporting by Kirsti Knolle, Writing by Rachel More, Editing by Miranda Murray)
Zelenskiy's visit aims to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a video call with U.S. President Donald Trump, discussing key geopolitical issues.
The talks will also involve leaders from Finland, France, Britain, Italy, Poland, the European Union, and NATO.
Ukraine hopes the meeting will act as a European counterweight to the upcoming summit in Alaska, emphasizing the risks of compromising Kyiv's interests.
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