Germany Scholz assures Selenskyj of further support

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reaffirmed Germany's solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi in a telephone conversation.

"We will continue our military support for Ukraine in close coordination with our European and international partners," he wrote on the X portal. He had agreed with Zelenskyi to remain in contact "also with a view to possible paths to a just peace".

After the phone call, Zelensky thanked Scholz on his Telegram channel for his help, particularly with air defense. Scholz also informed him of the details of his recent telephone conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. "It is obvious that only the strength of arms and the strength of diplomacy can force the perpetrator of the war to make peace and that this peace can only be achieved through strength," Selensky wrote.

Scholz spoke to Putin on the phone for the first time in almost two years in mid-November before the G20 summit. Selenskyj subsequently criticized the conversation and accused the chancellor of opening a "Pandora's box".

SDA