Olaf Scholz discusses Ukraine with Vladmir Putin in first such call in two years

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two years.

Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Mr Scholz condemned “Russia’s war of aggression” against Ukraine during the call, and called on Mr Putin to end it by withdrawing troops that invaded the country in February 2022.