Scholz to pay a visit to Kyiv - mass media

That’s according to Tagesschau, Ukrinform reports.

Sources in government circles claim Scholz plans to pay a visit before the G7 summit, which Germany will host late June. He also discussed the possibility of a joint visit with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

It is claimed that the governments in Paris and Berlin have been negotiating a joint visit to Kyiv for some time already. To invite the head of the Italian government as a third party was supposedly France’s idea. "Scholz, Macron, and Draghi want to send a sign of European unity with their trip," the report reads. A spokesman for the German government declined to confirm the report.

It should be noted that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has been inviting Scholz for a visit almost since the beginning of the full-scale war, but the latter would repeatedly turn down the offer citing various reasons.

It is also worth noting that Scholz and Macron are the ones who continue to keep in touch with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, while Italy has come up with a "peace plan" of its own. Many experts believe that these European nations seek to have the war end as soon as possible, including through concessions to the aggressor on the part of Ukraine.