Zelenskyy to make unexpected visit to Berlin for talks with Merz – Europe live

Merz said the German push to increase defence spending was triggered by Zelenskyy and Trump’s meeting last year Before arriving in Berlin, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy condemned Russia’s overnight attacks on critical infrastructure across the country, which he said were causing “emergency and unscheduled power outages”. He said the attacks – which involved 289 drones, 59 cruise missiles and 17 ballistic missiles – also hit civilian buildings, including a city hospital in Kharkiv, where 73 people were injured. “A rescue operation has also been underway since yesterday in Komyshuvakha, in the…