German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said russian leader vladimir Putin sees peace talks in Ukraine as "weakness."
He said this on May 26 at a forum organized by public broadcaster WDR, El Mundo reports.
"It is clear that Putin sees negotiations as weakness. Even if the proposal to meet in the Vatican does not meet with Russia's approval, we must prepare for this war to last longer than we want or can imagine," the Chancellor said.
As a reminder, Reuters, citing three high-ranking russian sources, howled that the aggressor state russia does not see the Vatican as a serious platform for peace talks with Ukraine, since the Holy See is the center of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy.
One russian official sarcastically noted that the only place better than the Vatican could be The Hague.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that US President Donald Trump "realized" that russian leader vladimir putin "lied to him" about his readiness for peace amid the massive shelling of Ukraine by the aggressor state russia.
In particular, on the night of Monday, May 26, the aggressor state russia used the largest number of drones against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war - 355 strike drones.
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