Merz on peace process: honesty needed from all sides, including Russia

The head of the German government wrote about this on social media platform X, Ukrinform reports.

“Today, another round of consultations with the European and Canadian partners of the Berlin format. We are advancing the peace process. Now, transparency and honesty are needed from everyone – including from Russia,” Merz wrote.

The Chancellor initiated a meeting of leaders of several European countries, along with the leadership of the European Union and NATO, in Berlin in mid-December. The initiative became known as the “Berlin format.”

As reported earlier, Russia recently claimed that there had been an alleged attempt to carry out a drone attack on Putin’s residence in Russia’s Novgorod region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the claim as “yet another lie by the Russian Federation.”