In his telephone conversation with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that a Ukraine peace dialogue would only be possible if "all Russian demands" were met.
This was announced by the Kremlin on Friday.
Putin also denied that Russian forces were bombing Ukrainian cities.
Reports of "the alleged ongoing airstrikes on Kyiv and other major cities are gross propaganda fabrications," the statement said.
During the conversation, the Russian President repeated his demands and called, among other things, for the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine.
The Kremlin emphasized that the conversation with Scholz was initiated by Germany.
German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit had previously stated that Scholz had expressed concern about the situation in Ukraine during the hour-long phone call and called on "the Russian leadership to immediately stop all hostilities".
Putin and Scholz also agreed to hold further talks in the near future.
Scholz has repeatedly sharply condemned the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which began about a week ago.
Scholz rules out Bundeswehr deployment
Earlier on Friday, during his first visit to the troops as Chancellor, Olaf Scholz had ruled out that the Bundeswehr would be involved in any way in the war in Ukraine.
"We are not part of the military conflict that is taking place there and will not be," Scholz said on Friday when visiting the Bundeswehr Operations Command in Schwielowsee near Potsdam.
"It is perfectly clear to us that NATO and its member states are not taking part in the war."
Scholz also emphasized that the federal government would continue to do everything for a ceasefire.
"The images we are already seeing of the destruction are terrible enough and we don't need many more," he said.
It is now very important "that we keep a cool head, that we are very clear and determined and remain cautious".
He was concerned about the fire on the site of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, even though no radioactive radiation had escaped there.
“But it shows how dangerous the situation is.
Wars always result in destruction, which perhaps neither of the warring parties really intends to cause, but which can still have its terrible effects.”