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8.12 Scholz plans to talk to Putin in the future
7:00 a.m The White House warns Ukraine
6:54 a.m New attacks on Kyiv

8.12 Scholz plans to talk to Putin in the future

When the moment is right, the German chancellor intends Olaf Scholz to speak with the Russian president again in the future Vladimir Putin, he asserted in an interview published today for the German newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. He insisted that his aim was to continue to “actively support Ukraine” but “at the same time avoid direct conflict between NATO and Russia”.

When asked about the possibility of ending the conflict through negotiations, he said that Putin must understand that the war cannot be ended by concluding some kind of cold peace. “For example, by turning the current front line into a new ‘border’ between Russia and Ukraine,” he said. A prerequisite for a just peace is the withdrawal of the Russian army, he added in the conversation, which is summarized by the German news agency dpa.

He declined to answer the question of whether Putin should step down, saying that in the end an agreement between the governments in Moscow and Kiev would be necessary. Some time has passed since his telephone conversation with Putin, he admitted, but he is ready for further talks. “When the moment is right, I plan to talk to Putin again,” he said.

The last time the two leaders spoke on the phone was at the beginning of December last year. In that hour-long conversation, Scholz called on Putin to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine, and Putin accused the West of pursuing a “destructive” policy.

Since then, tensions between Moscow and Berlin have only escalated, especially after Scholz’s government authorized the shipment of German-made battle tanks to Ukraine in January.

7.00 The White House warns Ukraine

Administration of the President of the United States Joe Biden warned Ukraine against using its equipment to attack targets in Russia, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council told CNN John Kirby.

“Once again, we have made it very clear to the Ukrainians what our expectations are regarding an attack on Russia, we do not want to encourage or enable it, we certainly do not want any US-made equipment to be used to attack Russian soil,” he said. Kirby.

According to him, they received assurances from the Ukrainians that they would take into account their wishes: “We were very clear that we want Ukraine to be able to defend its land, its territory. They were attacked, they have the right to defend themselves. But we were also clear that we don’t want to see this war escalate any further than this,” the White House National Security Council spokesman concluded.

6.54 New attacks on Kyiv

Ukrainian military authorities report new rocket attacks on the capital city of Kiev. The Russians fired several missiles in the early hours of the morning, but Ukrainian air defenses are working, they added.

“Increased threat from missile attacks, but air defense in the region is working,” the Kyiv Regional Military Administration said in a message on Telegram. There are no details about the damage yet, nor is there any information about possible victims. Kyiv authorities announced that the city’s air defenses repelled all Russian attacks on the capital overnight.

Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Sergius Popko said on Telegram that the attack was carried out by Tu-95 Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region, probably with X-101/555 cruise missiles.

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