Europe's five meet in Berlin Ukraine support and disputes

Jun 23

Yulia Olkhovskaya reports the June 24 Berlin meeting of Germany, France, Britain, Poland and Italy. She describes their joint call for a European negotiating role; Starmer urges sanctions and more military aid, Merz cites a 3.5-percent defense-spending goal by 2029, and Macron calls for continued transatlantic coordination before the Ankara NATO summit. She notes Zelensky's absence and describes Polish–Ukrainian tensions over UPA commemoration, refugee-return and boycott calls, and a Myśl Polska argument for basic relations with Russia. Tusk criticizes escalation by both presidents. The report says Zelensky was not invited to the forthcoming Gdańsk recovery conference; Marcin Przydacz criticizes fundraising for him and alleges corruption and diversion through historical disputes. It briefly describes European–Ukrainian missile-development plans. A replayed Dieter Bohlen interview criticizes armaments cooperation and the absence of peace advocates; the reporter describes backlash and economic criticism. In a separate Handelsblatt interview excerpt, Martin Brudermüller says Mercedes' founders might choose Asia or the United States today. The report discusses production relocation and military-sector investment. These political, corruption and economic assessments retain attribution; proposals are not completed systems, and the bulletin's claim about the recovery-conference invitation is not independently resolved.

An aired Handelsblatt interview asks Martin Brudermüller whether Mercedes' founders would establish the company in Germany today. He praises its long leadership but says they might choose Asia or the United States. Channel One adds its account of high costs, production relocation to Poland and Hungary and cooperation with the Bundeswehr, interpreting defense investment as industry's lifeline. The counterfactual and economic interpretation remain attributed, rather than a new company-relocation decision.