Germany's government says that Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first such conversation in two years

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin Friday "condemned the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine" and called on Putin "to end it and withdraw troops", Scholz's spokesman said.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after his first conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in two years, has reached out to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Source: European Pravda citing Tusk's post on X (Twitter) Tusk shared that Scholz had recently called him to provide details of his dialogue with Vladimir Putin.