Ukraine latest: ‘Don’t play with human lives,’ Berlin tells Moscow
By DW
22 February 2022 |
1:34 pm
Germany has urged Russia to come back to the negotiating table as Russian media reported "no concrete plans" were in place for Putin to meet Biden.
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