The German government summoned the Russian ambassador to the Foreign Office in Berlin on Wednesday in response to the escalating Ukraine conflict, government sources told dpa. Ambassador Sergey Nechaev is said to have spoken with the ministry’s political director, Tjorven Bellmann. Details were not given on what they discussed. In response to the Kremlin recognizing the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine as independent, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sharply criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and accused him of lying about his intentions in the regi…