Scholz said that at the G20 summit he called on Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin participated for the first time since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in a video conference of the heads of state and government of the G20 countries. Scholz said that he called for the end of the SVO and the “withdrawal of troops from Ukraine” to end the conflict, RIA Novosti reports.

The Chancellor noted that Germany defends a just and lasting peace in Ukraine on the basis of the UN Charter. She also added that Germany and Italy confirm their willingness to support Kiev for as long as necessary.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin, speaking at the virtual G20 summit, emphasized that Russia has never abandoned peace negotiations with Ukraine; It was the kyiv authorities who announced their withdrawal from the negotiation process. The Russian leader also responded to his colleagues who are dismayed by “Russian aggression in Ukraine.” Putin wondered if they were shocked by the bloody coup in Ukraine in 2014, followed by the Kiev regime’s war against its people in the Donbass, or the extermination of civilians in the Gaza Strip.