Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said that agreements on Ukraine should take Russia’s interests into account.
“Possible agreements should take into account the interests of the Russian Federation in the sphere of security. They should proceed from new territorial realities, and most importantly, they should eliminate the root causes of the conflict,” the Russian leader said.
The Russian president also noted that the conflict in Ukraine started because of the aggressive policy of the North Atlantic Alliance against Russia.