German Federal Chancellor discusses Ukraine peace plan with Trump, agrees on next steps
German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed a plan to end the war in Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on Friday.
"I just discussed the plan for peace for Ukraine with [U.S. President Donald Trump] in a good and confidential phone call. We have agreed on the next steps at the advisors' level. I will now brief the European partners," he wrote on the social network X.
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