German Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be punished.
About this information was reported by Dw, URA-Inform reports.
He noted that countries close to Russia doubt that the war in Ukraine makes any sense for the Kremlin, but the war may drag on.
«There is practically not a single head of government in the world who would believe that this war has any meaning for Russia. This also applies to those who are very close to Russia», — Scholz said.
According to him, China has openly declared its readiness to participate in the diplomatic process to end the war in Ukraine. In addition, Beijing positively assessed the peace summit on Ukraine in Switzerland planned for mid-June:
< p>«This is a result that cannot be underestimated. And this is more than could have been expected three or six months ago.
Olaf Scholz also noted that the war in Ukraine could continue for several more years, and that Vladimir Putin 171;you can't get away with this.
We recall that it was previously reported that the CIA director predicted the course of the war by the end of the year: what could happen.