Germany and its allies will move to confiscate frozen Russian assets if legally possible, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in an interview with the Zeit newspaper published on Thursday. There are also discussions about more sanctions against Russia in the energy sector,

Chancellor Merz criticizes Russian President Putin's absence from Istanbul peace talks, saying a ceasefire could have been achieved if he had joined negotiations - Anadolu Ajansı

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that a new package of sanctions against Russia may be adopted at the EU Council meeting in Brussels on 20 May. Source: Merz on X (Twitter) Details: Merz called it a "huge concession" that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to Istanbul for talks.