Germany's opposition leader met Ukraine's president in Kyiv on Tuesday and said its battle against Russian invaders was a fight on behalf of freedom everywhere.
IRPIN, Ukraine - Germany's opposition leader met Ukraine's president in Kyiv on Tuesday and said its battle against Russian invaders was a fight on behalf of freedom everywhere, raising pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to make an appearance in the Ukrainian capital.
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats who lost power in last September's election, said he would brief Scholz on his Ukraine trip, during which he toured the bombed-out town of Irpin before heading to nearby Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Merz added: "The Chancellor is right that it's not just Ukraine that's being defended here, but democracy and freedom - the very way we live in Germany," Merz said.
But Scholz now faces calls to follow the United Nations Secretary-General, members of the U.S. cabinet and the British prime minister in visiting Kyiv, several weeks after Russian forces failed in attempts to capture it and then withdrew to focus on an offensive hundreds of km to the east.
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