German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured Ukraine of Germany's continued support during a telephone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The leaders discussed further ways to help the country, a German government spokesman said.

This included measures to help rebuild Ukraine, he said, adding that Scholz outlined intensive preparations for an international conference on the issue to be held in Berlin on Oct. 25.

Scholz and Zelenskyy also agreed that protecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was important and supported measures recommended in a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which called for a protective zone around the plant.