Scholz: Speculating about what’s going on in Putin’s head won’t help make progress

The best way to understand what Russian leader Vladimir Putin thinks about the negotiations on Ukraine is to talk to him, said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

As he told German media, speculation about what is going on in his head will not help to make progress.

Let us remind you that on Friday, Scholz and Putin spoke by phone for the first time in almost two years.

As the Kremlin announced, the Russian leader and the German chancellor discussed the situation in Ukraine in detail and openly during the conversation.

“Putin reminded that the current crisis is a direct result of NATO’s multi-year aggressive policy, aimed at creating an anti-Russian platform on Ukrainian territory, while ignoring the interests of our country in the field of security and trampling on the rights of Russian-speaking citizens,” the statement said.