Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for the first time in nearly two years as the German leader gears up for a snap election and Europe waits to hear Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine.

The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years between Mr. Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the Kremlin leader’s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power in nearly two years.