Olaf Scholz’s phone call with Vladimir Putin was criticised by European leaders on Sunday as Russian missiles rained down in Ukraine in one of the biggest attacks of the war.Moscow unleashed a massive combined assault of more than 200 missiles and drones across the whole of Ukraine overnight,

Germany's government says that Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first such conversation in two years.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on 15 November, calling on the Kremlin leader to end the war and withdraw Russian forces from Ukraine. Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung;