German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday that Russia will not win its war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin must not dictate the terms of any peace agreement.
"Putin must not win his war, and I am convinced he will not win," Scholz said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos.
"A capture of the whole of Ukraine seems further away now than at the beginning of the war," he added.
Although some have suggested that Ukraine should negotiate with Putin and consider ceding territory, Scholz rejected the idea of letting Putin dictate the terms of any agreement.
"There will be no dictated peace," the Chancellor added. "Ukraine will not accept this, and neither will we."
He said that the Russian president is only likely to seriously negotiate once he accepts that the war cannot be won, making continued Western support for Ukraine essential.
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