Kiev: 'Bakhmut regained 1,400 meters in 24 hours', '138 Russian soldiers killed, 236 wounded' London: 'Ukrainians break through the front line of Russian defences' 'Pro-Russians: 6,000 people evacuated from Kherson region (ANSA) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he would speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly. "I plan to do it again soon," he said today speaking at the 38th Congress of the Evangelical Church in Nuremberg.