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Israeli leader holds multiple calls on Ukraine cease-fire with Zelensky and Putin

Bennett’s overtures are part of a wider effort that includes French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Axios

Vladimir Putin bizarrely denies his Russian forces are bombing Ukrainian cities

Russian President Vladimir Putin brazenly lied to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a call on Friday saying that reports of Moscow bombing Ukrainian cities were "fake"

Daily Mirror

Germany's Scholz talks with Russia's Putin on the phone

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone and called on Moscow to halt all military actions immediately, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

Reuters

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The week where decades happened: how the west finally woke up to Putin

From Germany’s shock military spending rise to sanctions unity, leaders have come together over the war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Russia's Ukraine Invasion Lifts Defense Stocks, Upends Years Of Military Austerity In Europe

Germany aims to hike its defense budget. Other European nations are funneling weapons to Ukraine. All signs suggest a new era for defense stocks has begun. But has it?

Investors Business Daily

Ukraine-Russia war: What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how might the crisis impact it?

Lucrative natural gas pipeline running to Germany under Baltic Sea blocked by chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression

The Independent UK

Scholz says was briefed overnight by Zelenskiy on fire at nuclear plant

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was briefed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during the night, and that immediate fears of severe consequences had not materialized.

Reuters

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Germany's Scholz asks ex-chancellor to cut Russian biz ties

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to resign from his posts at Russian state-owned companies

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war: What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how might the crisis impact it?

Lucrative natural gas pipeline running to Germany under Baltic Sea blocked by chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression

The Independent UK

Germany unites behind chancellor’s historic U-turn on arming Ukraine

Olaf Scholz accused of failing to consult over volte-face on military policy, but coalition partners and public back him

The Guardian - UK

In Israel, Germany's Scholz says Iran deal 'cannot be postponed'

Jerusalem (AFP) - Germany's Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that a new Iran nuclear agreement "cannot be postponed any longer", during his first visit as chancellor to Israel which staunchly opposes efforts to forge a deal with Tehran.

AFP

Iran deal can't be 'postponed any longer': Germany's Scholz

Jerusalem (AFP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that a new Iran nuclear agreement "cannot be postponed any longer", during a visit to Israel which staunchly opposes efforts to forge a deal.

AFP

German leader visits Israel as Russia-Ukraine war rages

Germany's chancellor is visiting Israel on a trip planned before fighting broke out between Russia and Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war: What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how might the crisis impact it?

Lucrative natural gas pipeline running to Germany under Baltic Sea blocked by chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression

The Independent UK

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Reuters

German chancellor says Israeli cabinet will come to Berlin

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the entire Israeli cabinet has agreed to come to Berlin for government talks.

Asharq Al-Awsat

German Leader Visits Israel as Russia-Ukraine War Rages

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz kicked off a visited to Israel on Wednesday, briefly leaving Europe as the continent's largest ground war in generations rages between Russia and Ukraine. Scholz arrived in Israel Tuesday evening and will return to Germany later Wednesday in a visit — his first to Israel since…

AFP

Germany's Scholz visits Israel amid Ukraine war, Iran talks

Jerusalem (AFP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday visited Israel for the first time since taking office, days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and amid international efforts to forge a new Iran nuclear deal.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Europe versus Putin: a strategic journey without maps

Editorial: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has ended an era of German foreign policy and is transforming security assumptions across the EU

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Germany's Scholz condemned Russian invasion in call with Zelenskiy, says Berlin

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about Russia's invasion of his country on Tuesday, a German government spokesperson said.

The Conversation

Germany's €100-billion army fund: a remarkable change in post-war policy in response to the Ukraine crisis

If you’d asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germany’s approach to foreign and defence policy were, there would have been several strands. Alignment with the west, and of course membership of the EU and Nato would have been a feature. Striving for strong transatlantic links…

Reuters

Ukraine asks Germany to help close skies to stop Russian strikes on cities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had asked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday to help close the skies over Ukraine to halt the shelling of civilians by Russia.

Al Jazeera

What U-turn on defence, energy policy means for Germany

Germany reverses ban on supplying lethal weapons to conflict zones, beefs up defence spending and halts Nord Stream 2.

Foreign Affairs

A New Germany

How Putin’s Aggression Is Changing Berlin

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Forces Germany to Step up to Role as Global Power

Russian President Vladimir Putin has inadvertently achieved what Western allies have long struggled to: get Germany to step up to its role as a major global power with an assertive foreign policy backed by a strong military despite its World War guilt, reported Reuters. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on…

Los Angeles Times

Putin’s fears of a unified, stronger Europe are fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen and unprovoked assault on Ukraine is fast turning his fears of a more resolute Europe, and potentially expanded NATO alliance, into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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