{"id":1333230,"date":"2025-12-15T20:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/christmas-truce-german-chancellor-announces-possible-scenario\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:03:19","slug":"christmas-truce-german-chancellor-announces-possible-scenario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/christmas-truce-german-chancellor-announces-possible-scenario\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Truce: German Chancellor Announces Possible Scenario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he does not rule out the possibility of a temporary ceasefire at Christmas in Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s1\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/regionews.ua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"s2\">RegioNews<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s1\">Speaking to the media in Berlin, Merz noted that the idea of a Christmas truce is currently being considered, which could allow for humanitarian pauses and alleviate the situation of the civilian population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s1\">According to the Chancellor, Germany plans to approach the Russian side with a corresponding initiative for this. He emphasized that this is not about ending the war, but about a temporary step that could reduce tension and create space for further negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s1\">Merz stressed that any ceasefire arrangements must guarantee Ukraine&#8217;s security and not jeopardize its sovereignty. He also pointed to the importance of the participation of international partners who can ensure compliance with a possible ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/peremovyny-u-berlini-ukrainska-y-amerykanska-komandy-zavershyly-druhyy-raund\/\">the second round of negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations has concluded in Berlin.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Recall that<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraina-rozghliadaie-mozhlyvist-vidvedennia-viysk-z-donbasu-nazvani-umovy\/\">Ukraine is considering the possibility of withdrawing troops from Donbas<\/a> , but only if Russia takes a similar step.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he does not rule out the possibility of a temporary ceasefire at Christmas in Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine. This is reported by RegioNews . Speaking to the media in Berlin, Merz noted that the idea of a Christmas truce is currently being considered, which could allow for humanitarian pauses and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1265009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76871],"class_list":["post-1333230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1265009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}