https://freerepublic.com/tag/adornjerk/ en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376676/posts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv's control in ​a future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to ‌the country's prospects for joining the European Union. "At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire agreement; at some point, hopefully, a peace treaty with Russia. Then it may ​be that part of Ukraine's territory is no longer Ukrainian," Merz ​told students at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Marsberg, a town in ⁠North Rhine-Westphalia, on Monday. "If President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy wants to communicate this to his ​own population... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376676/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:07 GMT