Today, May 27, on the same day EU foreign ministers are meeting in Limassol to discuss the possibility of direct dialogue with Russia, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in the WDR 0630 podcast that she hopes the war in Ukraine will end "in 10 years - and in such a way that Ukraine is an independent, free, and sovereign country."This is Merkel’s third public appearance on the same platform within ten days, and it coincides with active discussions in Brussels over who could represent the