German Chancellor: We want to make sure Putin's calculations don't work.

In an interview with the German news agency published on Saturday, Scholz said he wanted to use next week's meeting with other G7 leaders in the Bavarez village of Elmau to discuss Ukraine's long-term prospects.

“We will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary”, Scholz said. “We want to make sure that the Russian president's calculations [ Vladimir Putin] are not functioning.

“Putin certainly hopes everything will fall to the country after it has occupied enough land and the international community will return to business as usual,” he added. “This is an illusion. ”

The Associated Press reports that Scholz has said he and his counterparts from France, Italy and Romania had discussed further arms supplies to Ukraine, particularly ammunition and artillery with President Volodymyr Zelensky during their visit to Kiev on Thursday.

The four leaders also supported Ukraine's bid for membership in the European Union, a stance Scholz said he hoped all the bloc's countries would support at a gathering in Brussels next week.