Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks in Kiev on Tuesday with the president of Germany’s upper parliamentary chamber, the Bundesrat. During their hour-long discussion, Manuela Schwesig spoke in favour of Ukraine joining the European Union and of further military and economic support for the country as it fends off a Russian invasion. The meeting took place just before the official start of Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations in Luxembourg on Tuesday. In addition to her role in the Bundesrat, Schwesig is also the premier of the north-eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. T…