Wadephul warns Putin against playing 'for time' in Ukraine war

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in swift negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while also threatening further sanctions against Moscow. "If President Putin thinks he can play for time, he will have miscalculated," Wadephul said during a meeting with his Croatian counterpart, Gordan Grlić Radman, in the capital Zagreb.