By STEFANIE DAZIO and LORNE COOK, Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday arrived in Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and virtual meetings with other European and U.S. leaders ahead of a planned summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.

Merz has convened a series of virtual meetings for Wednesday in an attempt to have the voice of European and Ukraine’s leaders heard ahead of the summit in Alaska, where Trump and Putin are expected to discuss a path toward ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, front right, is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, upon arrival in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Au

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