\u201creduced to virtually zero.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nThe likelihood of a second \u2018peace summit\u2019 on Ukraine actually taking place remains unclear. The conference had been originally scheduled for November, but ended up scrapped with no new date set. The first gathering was hosted by Switzerland back in June. Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky promoted his \u2018peace formula\u2019 at the event \u2013 a ten-point wish list that Moscow has rejected as delusional. Russia was not invited to the meeting, and it has been widely perceived as a failure without any concrete results.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Zelensky unveiled his long-heralded \u2018victory plan\u2019, calling for, among other things, an immediate invitation to Kiev to join NATO. That prospect has apparently received a cold reception in Berlin, with government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit stating there has been no shift in Germany\u2019s stance on the matter.<\/p>\n
According to German media, Zelensky failed to get any concessions from Scholz during his recent European tour. The key requirements raised by Ukrainian leader included long-range weapons deliveries, namely German Taurus missiles, as well as fast-tracking NATO membership. His pleas, however, \u201cfell on deaf ears in Berlin\u201d<\/em> with the chancellor dodging the questions and giving Zelensky no exact answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin is ready to negotiate peace in Ukraine with Moscow, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed a readiness to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring the Ukraine conflict to an end. He made the remarks on Wednesday in a speech to the German Parliament. Scholz reiterated the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3231,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions\/3231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}