German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, stressing the need for a diplomatic solution to the Russian leader.
Scholz and Makron’s telephone conversation with Putin lasted 75 minutes, a German government spokesman said.
After the conversation with Putin, Sholcam and Makron also had a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We discussed retaliation against the aggressor, Russia’s crimes against civilians,” Zelensky said on Twitter.
“I ask my partners to help release the captured mayor of Melitopol. Prospects for peace talks were discussed. We must stop the aggressor together, “the Ukrainian leader emphasized.
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