{"id":382497,"date":"2026-09-26T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germany-and-russia-hold-first-high-level-talks-since-full-scale-ukraine-invasion-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:00:22","slug":"germany-and-russia-hold-first-high-level-talks-since-full-scale-ukraine-invasion-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germany-and-russia-hold-first-high-level-talks-since-full-scale-ukraine-invasion-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany and Russia hold first high-level talks since full-scale Ukraine invasion | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rK6pcKCV73Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Germany and Russia hold first high-level talks since full-scale Ukraine invasion | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rK6pcKCV73Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Germany and Russia&#8217;s foreign ministers have met for the first time since before Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<br \/>\nJohann Wadephul and Sergei Lavrov held brief talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The meeting comes amid sharply worsening relations between Berlin and Moscow, just weeks after Germany accused Russia of being behind an attempted drone attack on Leipzig\/Halle airport.<br \/>\nWadephul called on Russia to abandon what Germany described as its &quot;dangerous path of escalation&quot; towards Germany, Europe and NATO. So why did Berlin open a direct diplomatic channel with Moscow now, and could Germany&#8217;s role in the Ukraine war be changing?<br \/>\nDW&#8217;s Benjamin Alvarez Gruber reports from the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Breakdown<br \/>\n00:00 Germany-Russia foreign ministers hold first talks since Moscow\u2019s 2022 Ukraine invasion<br \/>\n00:30 A diplomatic breakthrough or symbolic meeting? DW Correspondent Benjamin Alvarez Gruber reports from New York<br \/>\n02:48 Germany&#8217;s message<br \/>\n03:39 Why is Berlin reopening a channel to Moscow now? <\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany and Russia&#8217;s foreign ministers have met for the first time since before Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Johann Wadephul and Sergei Lavrov held brief talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The meeting comes amid sharply worsening relations between Berlin and Moscow, just weeks after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":382498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-382497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany and Russia hold first high-level talks since full-scale Ukraine invasion | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Germany and Russia hold first high-level talks since full-scale Ukraine invasion | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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