The German chancellor Olaf Solz in an interview he gave to CNN today he said it is “necessary” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to understand that he will not win the Ukraine war and to begin negotiations to end the war.

“In my view, it is necessary for Putin to understand that he will not succeed with this invasion and his imperialist aggression – that he must withdraw the troops”, Olaf Solz said in his interview. “This is the basis for a start of talks” he added.

“If you look at the proposal of the Ukrainians, it is easy to understand that they are ready for peace,” he underlined. “Something has to be done, and it has to be done by Putin.”

When asked if any agreement could be reached to end the war — including the possibility that Ukraine would not retake Crimea or parts of the Donbass region — Solz said no decision would be made without Kiev’s input.

“We told (Ukraine) that they can join the European Union. They are working to make progress on all the criteria required to do this. I think they know that we are ready to organize a certain way of security guarantees for the country, in times of peace, which will come, but we have not reached that far,” said the German chancellor.

It is recalled that Olaf Scholz visited the White House last Friday to meet with the US president, Joe Biden, who praised the chancellor for Germany’s “military support” in Ukraine.