Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz got ready on Wednesday (August 13) in Berlin for a video call with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.

The virtual meeting precedes Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week. Putin and Trump are due to meet on Friday in Alaska, the first U.S.-Russian summit since 2021, to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Trump has said both sides will have to swap some of the land they currently hold to make this happen.

Russia said on Wednesday that its stance on ending the war in Ukraine has not changed since President Vladimir Putin set out his conditions last year: the full withdrawal of Kyiv's forces from key Ukrainian regions and the abandonment of its NATO ambitions.

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BERLIN, GERMANY (AUGUST 13, 2025) (ARD POOL - Access all) (MUTE)

1. GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ AND UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY WALKING INTO ROOM

2. MERZ AND ZELENSKIY SITTING DOWN

3. VARIOUS OF MERZ AND ZELENSKIY SITTING

4. PAN FROM PEOPLE INSIDE MEETING ROOM TO MERZ AND ZELENSKIY

5. MERZ AND ZELENSKIY WITH PAPERS

6. CLOSE OF ZELENSKIY

7. PAN FROM MEDIA TO MERZ AND ZELENSKIY

8. CLOSE OF MERZ

9. MERZ AND ZELENSKIY IN CONVERSATION

10. MERZ AND ZELENSKIY SITTING

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11. POLICE CAR PARKED IN CORDONED OFF STREET

12. PAN FROM POLICE CAR TO CHANCELLERY

13. SNIPER RIFLE ON TOP OF BUILDING

14. CLOSE OF CHANCELLERY

15. PAN FROM RIVER TO OFFICE

16. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTERS

17. SNIPER RIFLE ON TOP OF BUILDING

18. VARIOUS OF POLICE BOAT ON RIVERS