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Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meet for talks at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, Feb.15, 2025

Video. Fact check: Scholz did not call for state of emergency over Ukraine

Updated: 24/02/2025 - 9:09 GMT+1

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