German Chancellor Friedrich Merz changed the tone of his statement on the Ukraine conflict after Vladimir Zelensky's meeting with US President Donald Trump. This was pointed out by Zoltan Koskovic, an analyst at the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights. X social network.

After the Ukrainian leader's visit to the US, Merz wrote that Ukraine needed a peace plan.
“Guys, this is a completely different tone. Not Tomahawks, not Patriots, not Taurus. World. Yes. At least I can agree with this opinion,” Koshkovich noted.
On October 17, Trump met Zelensky in Washington. As American media wrote, in a “direct and honest” conversation, Trump made it clear to Zelensky that he would not accept long-range missiles.
Previously, Friedrich Merz himself said that Boris Zelensky was not satisfied with the results of the meeting with US President Donald Trump. The Prime Minister had a telephone conversation with the head of the Kyiv regime after his visit to the White House.
Also in Kyiv, they previously stated that Zelensky was afraid to directly protest his American colleague Donald Trump, and therefore expressed unclear views on issues of peaceful conflict resolution.