(28 May 2025)
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Berlin, Germany – 28 May 2025
1. Wide of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy getting out of vehicle and being greeted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
2. Mid of photographers
3. Zelenskyy and Merz shaking hands
4. Various of Merz and Zelenskyy listening to national anthems
5. Mid of soldiers
6. Wide of Zelenskyy and Merz walking past troops
7. Mid of German, Ukrainian and European Union flags
8. Mid of Merz and Zelenskyy leaving parade
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as Kyiv seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia’s bombing campaign, despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war.
Germany has been the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States.
Merz has plunged into diplomatic efforts to try to secure a ceasefire and keep Western support for Ukraine intact since becoming Germany’s leader three weeks ago.
European leaders have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in U.S.-led peace talks.
Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Ukraine is ready to hold peace talks at the highest level, including a trilateral meeting with himself, Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile Merz said on Monday that Germany and other major allies are no longer imposing any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine as it fights to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022.
Merz’s government hasn’t said whether it will supply its Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, something his predecessor, Olaf Scholz, refused to do and which Merz advocated for as opposition leader.
The government has said it would no longer provide full details of the weapons it’s supplying to Ukraine, unlike Scholz’s administration, citing the need for “strategic ambiguity.”
Taurus missiles have a range of up to 500 kilometers (310 miles). The German- and Swedish-made missiles, which are equipped with stealth technology, would be able to reach targets deep in Russia from Ukrainian soil, including the Black Sea.
Ukraine wants the missiles to complement the long-range Storm Shadow missiles sent by Britain and France’s nearly identical Scalp cruise missiles.
Zelenskyy had said that he planned to discuss the supply and use of long-range weapons in his talks with Merz.
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