Zelenskyy calls for Germany to do more to end war
17 March 2022 |
3:07 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear that NATO will not "intervene militarily" in Ukraine. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance's goal was to prevent the conflict from escalating.
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