German ChancellorOlaf Scholz holds a telephone call with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, their first contact since 2022. Putin tells Scholz that any negotiated settlement to end the war must recognize the territories that Russia has occupied as part of Russia and that Ukraine must abandon its aspiration to join NATO.
Germany's leader Olaf Scholz holds a telephone conversation with Russia's leader Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, their first contact since 2022.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a telephone call with RussianPresident Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, their first contact since 2022.PutintellsScholzthatanynegotiatedsettlementtoendthewarmustrecognizetheterritoriesthatRussiahasoccupiedaspartofRussiaandthatUkrainemustabandonitsaspirationtojoinNATO.