EU, UK leaders to speak with Trump before his Putin call as Ukraine hit
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Germany’s Merz says many European leaders plan to call Trump, as Ukraine laments ‘record’ drone barrage.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he and the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Poland aim to speak with Donald Trump in advance of the United States president’s planned call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Monday, in a flurry of diplomacy after inconclusive direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul.
In remarks to reporters on Sunday, Merz said he discussed the issue with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio while the two men were attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. Merz said he also spoke at length at the Vatican with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“I spoke with Marco Rubio, including about the call tomorrow. We agreed that we will speak again with the four state leaders and the US president in preparation of this conversation [with Putin],” Merz said.
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