The new communication between Scholz and Putin — their first since December 2022 — comes at a time of speculation about what the new administration of President-elect Trump will mean for Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry into Afghanistan, in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.
Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Scholz urged Putin in the hour-long call to withdraw his troops and end the full-scale invasion launched in February 2022. The conflict will reach its 1,000th day on Tuesday, and exiled Russian opposition leaders, including Alexei Navalny's widow, Yulia, have set an antiwar rally for Sunday in Berlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Scholz's call to Putin, calling it"a Pandora's box" and would only serve to make Russia less isolated. Putin blamed"the current crisis" on what he called NATO's"long-standing aggressive policy aimed at creating an anti-Russian stronghold on Ukrainian territory while ignoring our country's security interests and trampling on the rights of Russian-speaking residents," a Kremlin readout said.
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