# Zelenskyy to make unexpected Berlin visit for talks with Merz

https://mins.news/en/item/126801

- The Guardian, 2026-11-03 08:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/nov/03/zelenskyy-berlin-merz-europe-sweden-spain-france-belgium-poland-latest-news

> Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is expected in Berlin for talks with German chancellor Friedrich Merz before next week’s trilateral talks with Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi. Merz said last year’s Oval Office confrontation between Zelenskyy and Trump prompted Germany’s push to rapidly raise defence spending, aimed at strengthening Nato.

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