‘Putin must not win this war,’ Germany’s Olaf Scholz tells Davos
By DW
29 May 2022 |
7:26 am
"We cannot allow Putin to win this war," the German leader said on the final day of the World Economic Forum. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has dominated talks in Davos, Switzerland.
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