Steinmeier meets Ukraine's Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday met with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during a visit to Berlin.

Zelenskyy's visit comes as Kyiv remains locked in a tense tug-of-war with Russia following the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula - a conflict that has killed more than 14,000.

Ukraine is also concerned that the prospective Russian-built Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline running under the Baltic Sea to Germany would deprive it not only of transit fees for pumping Russian gas to Europe, but also erode its strategic importance and weaken it politically.