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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a joint news conference following their talks at the Mariinsky palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, August 22, 2021
UKRAINE hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel today for talks ahead of official celebrations tomorrow marking 30 years since its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Ms Merkel travelled to Kiev from Moscow, where she held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Germany is seeking assurances that Russia will continue to pipe gas through Ukraine to the European Union.
But the visit is seen in Kiev as an opportunity to highlight unity with the EU against Russia, with the Volodymyr Zelensky government calling a conference on the reconquest of Crimea ahead of tomorrow’s anniversary.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
