Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Scholz condemned “Russia’s war of aggression” against Ukraine during the call, and called on Putin to end it by withdrawing troops that launched a full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.
Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years
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While Hebestreit said the deportations have been in the works for months, they occurred a week after a deadly knife attack in the town of Solingen in which the suspect is a Syrian citizen who had applied for asylum in Germany.
Germany deports Afghan nationals for 1st time since Taliban takeover in 2021
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