German Chancellor says any future Ukraine peace conference must include Russia
A previous international peace conference in June in Switzerland ended with 78 countries expressing support for Ukraine's 'territorial integrity' but without Russia’s participation the path forward was left unclear.
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00:00Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr
00:06Zelensky agree that Russia should be included in a future peace conference aimed at ending
00:11the war in Ukraine.
00:13Scholz also called for increased efforts to solve the conflict.
00:17A previous international peace conference in Switzerland in June ended with 78 people
00:30expressing support for Ukraine's territorial integrity but otherwise leaving the path forward
00:35unclear. Russia didn't participate in those talks.
00:40Meanwhile, Zelensky has said he's thankful for the support he received at the Ukraine
00:44Defense Contact Group meeting in Ramstein on Friday.
00:48At that meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Biden administration would
00:53announce another $250 million military aid package.
00:57The U.K. said it would send 650 air defense missiles, while Germany pledged a further
01:0312 self-propelled howitzers.
01:22And on the battlefield, fierce fighting continues near the town of Pokrovsk.
01:27More than 20,000 inhabitants remain in the city despite Ukrainian authorities continuing
01:32to evacuate the strategically important town.