MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on Sunday, a Kremlin aide told reporters on Wednesday.

Putin will have planned meetings with foreign leaders during events this weekend marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, said foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a military parade on Moscow's Red Square on May 9. Merkel will not be present for the parade but will arrive for events on Sunday.

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