Putin told Scholz any Ukraine deal must reflect ‘new territorial realities’

Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday that any possible agreement to end the Ukraine conflict must reflect “new territorial realities,” the Kremlin said.

“Possible agreements should take into account the security interests of the Russian Federation, proceed from the new territorial realities and, most importantly, address the root causes of the conflict,” the Kremlin said in its readout of the pair’s first phone call in almost two years.