Last weekend saw a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the war in Ukraine. First, European leaders assembled in Kyiv on Saturday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of unity to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire.

Restrictions introduced by Germany’s new government on disclosing arms deliveries to Ukraine will also apply to potential supplies of long-range Taurus missiles, if such a decision is made. Source: Ukrinform,

Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported from Russia for eight years and from Ukraine for six years, coming home in 2021.

A bizarre conspiracy that European leaders snorted cocaine en route to critical Ukraine talks has been roundly ridiculed by the French president’s office, after it was promoted by Russian trolls as well as American conspiracists such as Alex Jones.

KYIV (Reuters) - The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday during a visit to Kyiv.

Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, expects Chancellor Friedrich Merz to commit to sending new German arms shipments to the embattled country during his visit to Kiev on Saturday. "I am sure of it,

TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former Senior Adviser at the German Finance Ministry.

The Ukrainian president claimed he was ready to travel to Turkey to meet with Russia’s leader, but he also insisted on an immediate truce before negotiations can begin.

The ultimatum from Berlin comes as Ukraine said Russia was still carrying out attacks along the front line, despite a ceasefire proposal agreed on the weekend among Kyiv's allies for a 30-day ceasefire to start Monday. The Kremlin said such an ultimatum "is unacceptable for Russia."