Merz: US role critical in deciding to deploy German troops to Ukraine

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2025-02-28

Berlin (dpa) - US participation is essential for German troops to be deployed to secure a peace deal or ceasefire in Ukraine, Germany's likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said in remarks to a national newspaper. Germany would have to hold discussions with its most important ally regarding a ceasefire, Merz told the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "This is in any case not a task for Germany on its own," he said. As......

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