Putin, Ukraine and olaf scholz

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Scholz-Putin phone call opens 'Pandora's box'
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the German chancellor's phone call with Russia's leader on Friday opened a "Pandora's box" that undermined efforts to isolate Vladimir Putin and end the war in Ukraine with a "fair peace".
Germany’s Scholz calls Putin, ending Western isolation over Ukraine
Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for the first time in nearly two years as the German leader gears up for a snap election and Europe waits to hear Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine.
Germany’s Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia’s Putin in first such call in 2 years
Germany's government says that Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first such conversation in two years.
Ukraine Slams Scholz’s Putin Call as Allies Question German Move
Ukraine blasted Olaf Scholz’s telephone diplomacy with Vladimir Putin, as many of Kyiv’s allies took a dim view of the German chancellor’s phone call with the Russian president.
Germany's Scholz urges Putin in phone call to open talks with Ukraine
By Thomas Escritt and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in their first phone call in nearly two years to pull his forces out of Ukraine and begin talks with Kyiv that would open the way for a "just and lasting peace".
Germany's Scholz speaks with Putin for first time in nearly 2 years
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for an hour by phone on Friday, the first conversation between the two leaders in nearly two years. Scholz warned Putin that the deployment of North Korean troops for combat in Russia or Ukraine would be a "serious escalation and expansion of the conflict,
Scholz, Putin Discuss Ukraine War
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany and President Vladimir Putin of Russia spoke by phone for an hour Friday, marking the first communication between the two heads of state in two years. Scholz protested the involvement of North Korean troops in the war in Ukraine and called upon Putin to end the conflict,
German Chancellor Scholz's contact with Putin: Urging to resume peace talks with Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Russia to negotiate with Ukraine to achieve lasting peace in a conversation with Vladimir Putin. This is the first such contact between the leaders in two years.
Born into war, Ukraine toddlers adjust as conflict nears 1,000 days
On her way to hospital to give birth to her fourth child nearly three years ago, Ukrainian Liudmyla Rodchenko said she saw ...
Ukraine sovereignty needs to be upheld, U.S. senator says
Senator Ben Cardin (D), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, discusses the war in Ukraine, Trump's ...
More Russians denounce each other over Ukraine, in echo of Soviet era
On the last day of January, a woman took her son to see paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova at Polyclinic No. 140 in northwest ...
Ukraine Is Running Out of Optimists
The residents of Kyiv have not slept properly in more than two months. Most nights there are Russian drones, and sirens sound ...
What Frozen Ukraine War Would Mean For NATO's Eastern Flank
Russia sees the Baltic as a "significant priority," the head of NATO's forces in the region, Lieutenant General ...
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine Looks Like Putin’s Victory
The former president thinks he can end the war in Ukraine. In reality, he’s preparing to hand Russia a win — and the ...
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Ukraine’s Trump Tightrope
Ukraine has many reasons to be concerned about a second Trump presidency. Trump has not said how he would end the war, or ...
What a Ukraine DMZ Could Look Like
"Demilitarized zones sound better than they function in real life," retired Marine Corps Reserve Colonel Mark Cancian told ...