During the last talks, in a call of about 90 minutes, the Russian president has expressed to his counterpart, Emmanuel Macron that he will continue the military operations in Ukraine.
"This conversation was unfortunately to hear President Putin tell me that he would continue to intervene militarily to achieve his goal," Macron told sources close to Élysée.
The talks were held to clear up any misunderstandings between Russia and France, as well as to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
"This conversation was also done to show Putin how we actually see the war going on and that we believe the consequences will be suffered by Russia in the long run.
The same sources say that the French president said after the conversation with Putin that "the worst has not come yet."
"Without wanting to make a prediction, we have to wait for the worst to come. There is nothing to calm us down from what Putin said today."
The latter, on the other hand, denies having bombed Kiev while not ruling out the possibility of the situation deteriorating, but if that happens he says it will be Ukraine's fault.
A Kremlin pool report from the Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti said the discussion was difficult, with Putin alleging Ukraine had carried out a "seven-year sabotage" of the Minsk agreements, a peace process that definitely ended by the Russian government. in its recent recognition of tëo separatist republics in Ukraine's east.
After the phone call with Putin, the French president spoke with the Russian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky, meanwhile, during a recent press conference, called on Western countries to send fighter jets to protect the country from Russian attacks.
Source: CNN
