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Major German art show opens amid antisemitism controversy

Germany’s president has appealed to the organizers of this year’s documenta fifteen art show to do more to tackle the antisemitism allegations surrounding the event

The Independent UK

Ukraine will prevail as Europe did in 1945, Scholz to say in VE Day speech

German chancellor will draw parallel with second world war defeat of Nazi dictatorship in TV address

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy invites Germany’s Scholz to visit Ukraine on Russia’s Victory Day

President says visit on 9 May, when German leaders have often travelled to Moscow, would make powerful statement

The Guardian - UK

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Zelenskyy Calls on Scholz to Visit Ukraine on May 9

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he has invited Germany’s head of government and its head of state to visit Ukraine on May 9, the day Russia marks the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II. Western officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin could use…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 72 of the invasion

Russia violated its promise of Mariupol ceasefire, Kyiv says, as US says it shared intel on the location of Moskva cruiser sunk by Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

German foreign minister will visit Ukraine shortly, chancellor says

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit Ukraine shortly, after the two countries mended a diplomatic rift over Kyiv's refusal to receive German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.

Reuters

Zelenskiy telephones with German president after row over cancelled visit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke on the phone with the German president on Thursday, the presidential office in Berlin said, one day after Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Kyiv to mend a diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Reuters

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Months into the Ukraine war, has Germany’s position changed?

Berlin has eased its restrictive arms export policy to supply Kyiv with lethal weapons, but frictions remain.

Al Jazeera

This is our fight, German opposition leader says on Ukraine visit

Germany's opposition leader met Ukraine's president in Kyiv on Tuesday and said its battle against Russian invaders was a fight on behalf of freedom everywhere, raising pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to make an appearance in the Ukrainian capital.

Reuters

Germany irritated by Ukraine's snub of a presidential visit

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized a diplomatic snub by Ukraine for his country’s president and defended Berlin’s record on delivering weapons to Kyiv

The Independent UK

Ukraine seeks to patch up relations with Germany after snub to president

Relations strained after Kyiv said it would prefer visit from German chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Scholz irritated by German president's aborted Ukraine visit

Germany's president would have liked to visit Ukraine and the fact that he was not received there was "irritating", Chancellor Olaf Scholz told RBB public radio, adding that he had no immediate plans himself to visit Kyiv.

Reuters

More than 1,000 Ukraine marines have surrendered in Mariupol, says Russia

Moscow makes claim as leaders of four countries bordering Russia arrive in Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine official denies Zelenskiy rejected visit offer from Germany's Steinmeier

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Serhiy Leshchenko, denied in an interview with CNN that Zelenskiy had rejected a visit offer from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as reported by the Bild newspaper.

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Al Jazeera

Presidents of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland head to Ukraine

German president was scheduled to be part of the visit but said on Tuesday he was not welcome by Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events on day 49

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 49th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Reuters

Leaders of Poland and Baltic states head to Kyiv

The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are on their way to Kyiv to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, an adviser to the Polish leader said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

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German president says Kyiv did not want him to visit

A planned visit to Kyiv by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was not welcomed by Ukraine, he said on Tuesday, following a report that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was critical of Steinmeier's historic advocacy of Western rapprochement with Russia.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine snubs German president over past ‘close ties to Russia’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejects request by Frank-Walter Steinmeier for meeting in Kyiv, Bild reports

Reuters

German president calls for war crimes tribunal against Putin, Lavrov - Spiegel

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is calling for a war crimes tribunal against Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, German magazine Der Spiegel cited Steinmeier as saying.

France 24

‘Wrong about Putin’: Did Germany and France turn a blind eye to the threat from Russia?

The escalating civilian toll of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has fuelled calls for a reappraisal of more than a decade of French and German efforts to engage with a leader whose forces stand accused of committing horrific war crimes in Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

The bodies of Bucha have set a difficult test for the west

Analysis: From Ukraine’s point of view, this has to be the time to pile pressure on Germany in particular

Asharq Al-Awsat

I Got Putin Wrong, Says Chastened German President

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, long an advocate of Western rapprochement with Russia, expressed regret for his earlier stance, saying his years of support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been a clear mistake. Steinmeier, a Social Democrat who served as Foreign Minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel before being…

Reuters

I got Putin wrong, says chastened German President

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