German Chancellor says any future Ukraine peace conference must include Russia

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A previous international peace conference in June in Switzerland ended with 78 countries expressing support for Ukraine's 'territorial integrity' but without Russia’s participation the path forward was left unclear.

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00:00Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr

00:06Zelensky agree that Russia should be included in a future peace conference aimed at ending

00:11the war in Ukraine.

00:13Scholz also called for increased efforts to solve the conflict.

00:17A previous international peace conference in Switzerland in June ended with 78 people

00:30expressing support for Ukraine's territorial integrity but otherwise leaving the path forward

00:35unclear. Russia didn't participate in those talks.

00:40Meanwhile, Zelensky has said he's thankful for the support he received at the Ukraine

00:44Defense Contact Group meeting in Ramstein on Friday.

00:48At that meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Biden administration would

00:53announce another $250 million military aid package.

00:57The U.K. said it would send 650 air defense missiles, while Germany pledged a further

01:0312 self-propelled howitzers.

01:22And on the battlefield, fierce fighting continues near the town of Pokrovsk.

01:27More than 20,000 inhabitants remain in the city despite Ukrainian authorities continuing

01:32to evacuate the strategically important town.

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