Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany has rejected claims that Berlin could put pressure on Kyiv behind closed doors to reach a peace deal with Russia, states Politico. Information about the alleged pressure on Ukraine has recently appeared on the pages of the German magazine Der Spiegel. It was about a secret “Russian supper” at the German Embassy in Washington in late October, during which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s closest aide, Chief of Staff Wolfgang Schmidt, “euphorically” praised the proposal of American researcher Samuel Charap to end the war in Ukraine through imposed negotiations with…