Live updates: Ukraine reports Russian military regrouping
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What's happening in Ukraine on Tuesday: Ukraine's General Staff reports that Russia is regrouping its troops and preparing for an offensive in Donbas.
Warning: These updates contain details that are disturbing.
BERLIN — Germany’s president is admitting mistakes in policy toward Russia in his previous job as foreign minister.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier served twice as ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s foreign minister, most recently from 2013 to 2017, and before that as ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s chief of staff. In that time, Germany pursued dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin and cultivated close energy ties.
Steinmeier told ZDF television Tuesday that “we failed on many points,” including efforts to encourage Russia toward democracy and respecting human rights.
