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Putin has to escalate to survive. There can be no lasting peace until he falls

German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s vision of restoring the unity the continent had before the invasion of Ukraine cannot be achieved without removing Russia’s president

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian missiles attack Russian-occupied Melitopol – as it happened

Russian barracks hit in strategically important city and German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Scholz: Putin Determined to Conquer Ukraine but Still Important to Keep Contacts Open

Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine and shows no restraint in his brutality, but it is still important to keep contacts open in case a moment arrives to end the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. All non-critical infrastructure in Ukraine's southern port city of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Star-crossed: Mercedes faces dilemma over dependence on Russia and China

Moscow provides Germany with power, and the Chinese buy the company’s cars in their thousands, but now war and global tensions are darkening the diplomatic weather

The Guardian - UK

Germany's Scholz bets on immigration, more working women to counter labour shortages

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this weekend Germany should attract more foreign workers and make it easier for women and older people to work in order to avoid labour shortages and a crisis in its public pension system in the years ahead.

Reuters

Fractured friendships threaten Europe’s unity

The European Union was built off the long-term relationship between the ‘big two’, France and Germany. But that relationship is now facing multiple pressures.

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Germany's Scholz wants air defence shield in next five years - Funke

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes to develop a missile defence shield in the next five years, he said in an interview with the Funke Media Group and French newspaper Ouest-France published on Thursday.

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Putin vows to continue targeting Ukraine’s power grid

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will continue to strike Ukraine’s energy grid after waves of missile attacks that have left swaths of the country without clean water and electricity. Pope Francis broke down and cried as he spoke of the suffering of Ukrainians during a prayer at Rome's…

France 24

Analysis: Germany's government looks inward as challenges mount, allies fret

In its first year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has driven the biggest overhaul of German policy since World War Two. The next year could be even tougher, further absorbing Berlin's bandwidth to Europe's detriment.

Reuters

Scholz: Russia Nuclear Threat Reduced by International Pressure

The risk of nuclear weapons being used in the Ukraine conflict has lessened thanks to international pressure on Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published Thursday. "One thing has changed for the time being: Russia has stopped threatening to use nuclear weapons.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Nuclear Tensions 'Rising' but Moscow Won't Deploy First

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted "we have not gone crazy" and Moscow would not be the first to deploy them in the Ukraine conflict. Speaking more than nine months after his forces launched their military operation, Putin warned the conflict could…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

The Guardian - AU

Putin says nuclear tensions 'rising' but Moscow won't deploy first

Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted "we have not gone crazy" and Moscow would not be the first to deploy atomic weapons in the Ukraine conflict.

AFP

Scholz: Risk of Russia using nuclear weapons has diminished, for now

The risk of Russian President Vladimir President Putin using nuclear weapons as part of his war in Ukraine has decreased in response to international pressure, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Thursday.

Reuters

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Axios

U.S. and EU positions on China are converging, top official says

The goal is "not to be nasty, but not to be naive."

The Independent UK

Germany’s Scholz warns against new Cold War as Russia says 9 killed in Luhansk shelling

German Chancellor calls for the world to unify

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany’s Scholz: We Must Avoid Dividing World into Cold War-Style Blocs

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against creating a new Cold War by dividing the world into blocs and called for every effort to be made to build new partnerships, writing in an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs magazine published online on Monday. The West must stand up for democratic values…

Reuters

Germany's Scholz: We must avoid dividing world into Cold War-style blocs

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Germany's Scholz weathers shocks in turbulent first year

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - A war in his backyard, galloping economic crisis, and unhappy partners at home and abroad -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has weathered unprecedented shocks in his first year, while struggling to make a mark on the global stage.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: West’s Russian oil cap ‘weak,’ Zelensky says

The measure is aimed to reduce Russia’s income from selling oil

AFP

Russia rejects oil price cap agreed by EU, G7

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia on Saturday rejected a $60 price cap on its oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, which Ukraine said would contribute to the destruction of Russia's economy.

AFP

Ukraine welcomes Russian oil price cap agreed by EU, G7

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine on Saturday welcomed a $60 price cap on Russian oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, saying it would "destroy" Russia's economy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Sets Accepting ‘New Russian Territories’ as Condition to Hold Talks with Biden

Moscow rejected US President Joe Biden’s conditions for negotiations on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden, speaking beside French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, said the only way to end the war in Ukraine was for Putin to pull troops out and that if Putin was looking to end…

AFP

G7, EU agree oil price cap to reduce Russia war funding

Brussels (AFP) - The G7 and EU on Friday agreed a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to deny the Kremlin of war resources, as President Vladimir Putin said more strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure were "inevitable".

AFP

EU strikes oil price cap deal to starve Russia war machine of funds

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The EU on Friday joined the G7 in agreeing a cap on the price of Russian oil to starve the Kremlin of resources for its Ukraine war, as President Vladimir Putin said strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure were "inevitable".

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