Kiev has a legitimate right to self-defense and aiding it cannot make another nation a party to war, Berlin insists Germany faces no risks under international law when it supplies arms to Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing military operation, German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann told Die Welt on Saturday.

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Moscow will demand more concessions from Kiev on demilitarization and “denazification,” a negotiator has said Moscow will make much harsher demands if and when talks on a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict resume, Leonid Slutsky, a member of Moscow’s negotiating team, has warned.