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North Korean troops in Ukraine ‘grave escalation’, Scholz tells Putin

www.bbc.com North Korean troops in Ukraine ‘grave escalation’, Scholz tells Putin

The German chancellor spoke to Russia's leader for the first time in nearly two years.

Summary

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone for the first time since December 2022, with Scholz condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its use of North Korean troops as a “grave escalation.”

Scholz urged Putin to withdraw troops and negotiate a “fair and lasting peace,” emphasizing Germany’s continued support for Ukraine.

Putin blamed NATO’s “aggressive policy” and insisted peace must reflect “new territorial realities” of occupied Ukrainian land.

Amid growing political and economic pressures, Scholz faces criticism over his handling of the war and upcoming elections.

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North Korean troops in Ukraine ‘grave escalation’, Scholz tells Putin

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If Putin is pulling in foreign troops to fight his war then ukraines allies should start shipping troops over.
- War
  
  *3 Day Special Military Operation
- Only if you're first in line
  
  Do you think that citizens of a nation can't make any calls on how their professional soldiers are deployed unless they are soldier themselves? What fucking cognitive dissonance is this?
  
  You do know that a lot of people already sign up for that, right?
- What a great idea, im shocked no one thought of it sooner, surely it wont create any more escalations
  
  Putin has only ever escalated when his actions didn't have any consequences. Notice how he does crazy shit whenever support gets weaker, but when Abrams, ATACMS or F16 arrived, it was met with almost radio silence. Putin is a fucking coward and we need to keep pushing!
  
  Edit: Oh yea! Also barely reacted to Ukraine saying it wants nukes, be it NATO's or their own.
  
  Ye, we should keep appeasing Putin to avoid further escalations. Cause that worked the last time
  
  So Putin is allowed to escalate but no one else is?
  
  In fact, the "Ukraine war" title doesn't really do it justice then does it.
  
  Maybe they should rebrand it, call it a different War, maybe something that reflects the whole World that gets involved. If there's been a couple before, just stick a number 3 on the end. Sorted.
Grave escalation of non-Ukrainian corpses on the front line?

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