In Berlin, Macron, Tusk and Scholz say they are “united” on Ukraine after great tension. The three leaders, who meet in a format known as the "Weimar triangle", will meet at an EU summit in Brussels on March 21-22.

Donald Tusk's mediation may have helped ease tensions. The quarrel between the Franco-German couple came at a bad time at a time when Russian forces are advancing in eastern Ukraine. Russia is also continuing its strikes on Ukrainian cities, and its missiles left at least 16 dead and around sixty injured on Friday.