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German chancellor Friedrich Merz has strongly condemned the Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight, and rejected Vladimir Putin's suggestion that one of his predecessors could play a role negotiating a peace settlement.

In a speech in Aachen, Merz said that while Ukraine and Europe want to help end this terrible war as quickly as possible," the Russian attacks speak a different language" to that of Putin's suggestions the war could be nearing an end.

Last but not least, we Europeans decide for ourselves who speaks for us. No one else."