German Chancellor Friedrich Merz used an unannounced trip to Kyiv on Sunday to renew his call on Moscow. “I appeal once again to the Russian leadership, to the Russian president: Stop this war!” he said, insisting that dialogue could begin only when the guns go quiet.


Zelensky, who toured the drone-damaged Academy of Sciences building with Merz, said the academy had been deliberately targeted and that there was video of the strike. Merz announced €1 billion in military aid and €350 million to repair destroyed power plants.