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Phone calls won't stop Putin — Polish PM on Scholz's call to Putin

17 November, 2024 Sunday
18:54

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated that the coming weeks will be crucial not only for the war in Ukraine “but also for our future”

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“No one will stop Putin with phone calls. The attack last night, one of the biggest in this war, has proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the whole West for Ukraine,” the Polish prime minister emphasized, commenting on the effectiveness of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Read also: “Putin's reply to calls”: Ukraine's President and FM respond to massive Russian attack

“The next weeks will be decisive, not only for the war itself but also for our future,” Donald Tusk concluded.

Read also: Russia launches massive missile attack on Ukraine's energy grid: explosions rock multiple regions

  • On Friday, November 15, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first phone call in nearly two years. According to the German government press service, during the conversation, Scholz condemned Russia's aggression against Ukraine and urged Putin to end the fighting and withdraw Russian troops.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, stating that such talks are meaningless.
  • Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he supports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s position that the conversation between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin is “a Pandora's box.”
  • The conversation between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian leader Vladimir Putin was arranged with the agreement of the leaders of the United States, Britain, and France during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Berlin on October 18.
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