Scholz considers Kiev’s participation in these talks indispensable, despite the approval by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (Unicameral Parliament) of a resolution that prohibits holding peace talks with Russia.

We must achieve real peace talks that will end the destruction and deaths in the confrontation,” said Scholz, whose government recently approved millions of dollars in aid for Ukraine’s rearmament.

Chancellor Scholz, along with other Western leaders, has repeatedly stressed the need to prevent Russia from winning the conflict, in which Ukrainian troops have lost more than 900,000 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry informed.

Germany has only one party that maintains support for Ukraine without directly involving the country in the confrontation, he said, referring to his Social Democratic Party (SPD), with many disadvantages for snap elections in February.

I will maintain common sense on the Ukrainian issue, and the Germans can count on that,” said Scholz, who is serving as a caretaker chancellor after a confidence vote against him in December 2024.

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