KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had started a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Wednesday, and that he expected "good news" from the talks.

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"We expect good news regarding the protection of the lives of Ukrainians and our defence," he wrote on Twitter while in Vilnius to meet NATO leaders attending an alliance summit.