Summary
Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that NATO must accept “new territorial realities” in Ukraine as a precondition for peace talks, reiterating claims that NATO’s “aggressive policies” and disregard for Russian security interests caused the war.
Scholz condemned Russia’s aggression and called for troop withdrawal during the call, which has drawn criticism from Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Zelensky warned the talks could ease Putin’s international isolation without altering Russia’s stance.
A Western diplomat suggested Scholz might leverage the call domestically amid Germany’s upcoming snap elections.
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Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that NATO must accept “new territorial realities”
Is he talking about Kursk by any chance?
Maybe my reading comprehension is failing me here, but where’s the ultimatum? He hasn’t made any demands with a specific time limit and repercussions if Scholz didn’t meet them. He has only stated his preconditions for peace talks.
The subtext is that Trump will withdraw from NATO, taking 70% of the defense budget with him, if his demands aren’t met. Then NATO becomes just an acronym, and new territorial realities become manifest whether NATO wants them or not. He’s basically calling out NATO because he knows he’s got the actual foundation of NATO’s power in his back pocket.
The ultimatum is give him whar he wants or else he’s going to keep sending his military age men to get blown up by Ukrainian drones.
I think his bucket of military aged men he’s willing to sacrifice runs low, he’s been sending their fathers for a while.
And the least effective reddit trolls, don’t forget.
It’s kind of a Russian tradition to throw every person at a conflict and hope it works out. During WWII they had more people than guns, but people got sent out anyway
It’s straight from Zapp Brannigan’s Big Book of War
The ultimatum is to finally ban Newsweek for the complete gutter trash it is.
The title is quite misleading. Scholz is leader of a NATO country, but it reads like an ultimatum was issued to the leader of NATO, which Scholz is definitely not.
Scholz is barely the leader of Germany. But at least we’ve got rid of the FDP.
Putin is definitely the type to pick a fight and then play the victim. At some point he probably fell on the floor and stamped his feet like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum
