Scholz's Call to Putin Draws Criticism Amid Intensified Ukraine Attacks

Putin's phone call with Germany sparks NATO anger

"No one will stop Putin with phone calls," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday.

"Nobody will stop Putin with phone calls": Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk indirectly criticizes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and says what he thinks is needed instead.

Scholz urges Ukraine talks in first call with Putin since 2022

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the leaders in almost two years. In the call, Scholz "condemned Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw troops", the chancellor's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said. The

Ukraine Slams Scholz After First Call With Putin in Two Years

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Germany's Olaf Scholz on Friday of playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the chancellor spoke by phone to the Kremlin chief for the first time in almost two years.

Zelenskiy says Scholz-Putin call opens 'Pandora's box'

Nearing 1000 days since the invasion, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the call between German and Russian heads of state opened "Pandora's box".

Ukraine Slams Scholz's Putin Call as Allies Question German Move

(Bloomberg) — 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.