Strategically important city’s exiled mayor says scores of ‘invaders’ killed, and German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has said Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine and shows no restraint in his brutality.
“Whenever I speak with Putin, he says very clearly that for him it is about conquering something,” Scholz said on Saturday at an event in Potsdam, near Berlin. “He simply wants to conquer part of Ukrainian territory with violence.”
We have seen the brutality the Russian president is capable of: in Chechnya, where he basically eradicated the whole country; or in Syria. There is no restraint there, it’s as simple as that.
We are of completely different opinions. Nonetheless, I will keep speaking with him because I want to experience the moment where it is possible to get out of this situation. And that’s not possible without speaking with one another.
