German Chancellor Olaf Scholz firmly rejected accusations of a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin before the Bundestag elections. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vehemently denied reports that he plans to meet with Vladimir Putin ahead of the upcoming Bundestag elections.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SPD) colleagues have criticised as false the statements by Roderich Kiesewetter, a politician from the opposition CDU party, alleging Scholz's intent to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin before 23 February.

Roderich Kiesewetter, defense spokesperson for Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said earlier that "there are increasing indications that Chancellor Scholz will travel to Moscow and meet Putin before Feb.

Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in March, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz may pay a visit to Moscow before the German elections on February 23.

British wartime leader Winston Churchill once said he was an optimist, as there was no point being anything else. The year ahead in Ukraine has given rise to wild, perhaps wilful, positivity from Kyiv and – publicly at least – in parts of NATO that the incoming Trump White House can effect meaningful,

North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces may all be dead or wounded by mid-April, a leading US war analyst has said.If Kim Jong-un’s forces “continue to suffer from their current high loss rate” then the entire 12,

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

At least four people have been killed in Kyiv following a deadly nighttime attack which saw Putin’s forces launch a barrage of drones and missiles in the early morning on Saturday. The four were killed after a shot-down missile fell over the ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius denied media reports that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked a proposal for an additional military aid package for Ukraine worth 3 billion euros ($3.09 billion), adding that a decision on the funding awaits.

As Ukraine pleads for urgent military aid, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock takes a bold stand, accusing Chancellor Olaf Scholz of prioritizing elections over European peace. Baerbock criticizes Scholz for blocking a 3bn aid package that includes critical defense systems like Iris-T missiles.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed hope that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end in 2025, although he added that it’s not yet clear if this is possible.