““Concrete, strong actions are needed that will force him to peace, not persuasion and attempts at appeasement, which Putin sees as a sign of weakness and uses for his own purposes””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The German side announced that it was going to talk to Putin. But even if the chancellor of Germany did not express positions in the conversation that would go against the position of Ukraine, the conversations with the Russian dictator in themselves do not bring any added value for achieving a just peace. Long conversations are a resource that Putin has used for more than 20 years to achieve his interests. Now the talks only give Putin hope for easing international isolation,” Tykhi said.
The spokesman added that “concrete strong actions are needed that will force him to peace, not persuasion and attempts at appeasement, which Putin sees as a sign of weakness and uses for his own purposes.”
“Specific actions are known, and this is primarily the withdrawal of the occupier’s troops from the territory of Ukraine,” Tykhy said.
The press service of the Bundestag confirmed that Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the afternoon of November 15.
According to the agency, “the federal chancellor condemned Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine and called on President Putin to stop it and withdraw the troops.”
In addition, according to the agency, during the conversation, Scholz called on Russia “to be ready for negotiations with Ukraine in order to achieve a just and lasting peace” and emphasized “Germany’s unshakable determination.”
It is also known that the day before, the Chancellor of Germany held a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, and “will continue it after negotiations with the President of Russia.”
Earlier, local media reported that on November 15, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. These are the first such negotiations in two years.
The last telephone conversation between Scholz and Putin took place in December 2022, when the German chancellor called on the Russian president to withdraw troops from the territory of Ukraine and seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
In June 2024, Scholz made it clear that he was open to talks with Putin in the future, but only if specific things were discussed.
Earlier, Olaf Scholz said that further negotiations on a possible truce in connection with the war in Ukraine will take place only with the participation of Putin. On this issue, according to some reports, the German chancellor consulted with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, during his visit to the US airbase in Ramstein in September.
In mid-October, Olaf Scholz expressed his readiness to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war “on fair terms.”
In October, Die Zeit reported on Scholz’s planned telephone talks with Putin with reference to “government circles”. According to the publication, the conversation should take place in November before the meeting of the “Group of Twenty” in Brazil.
The Kremlin said on November 11 that no signals had yet been received from Berlin regarding the possibility of Scholz’s conversation with Putin.