Daily Memo: Merkel in Ukraine, Johnson on Afghanistan

The German chancellor was in Kyiv over the weekend on her final trip to the country before September elections.

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Merkel in Ukraine. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met in Kyiv on Sunday. At a joint press conference, the two leaders discussed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which Ukraine opposes. Zelenskiy called the project a “geopolitical weapon” for Moscow, while Merkel reiterated that, if used as such, the Kremlin could […]

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