Presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and France Emmanuel Macron conducted a serious and thorough exchange of views on all aspects of the situation around Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reports.
“President Vladimir Putin and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron held a serious and thorough exchange of views on all aspects of the situation around Ukraine. From the French side, the well-known views of the military operations were set forth Donbass’s defense and expressed hope for the speedy settlement of the current conflict through dialogue and negotiations with Kiev, “the report says.
The Kremlin statements noted that Vladimir Putin stressed that such a settlement is possible only with unconditional accounting of the lawful interests of Russia in the field of security, including the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, solving the tasks of demilitarization and denatation of the Ukrainian state and ensuring its neutral status. It is noted that the Russian side is open to negotiations with representatives of Ukraine and expects that they will lead to the desired results.
“Russian President drew special attention that the Russian armed forces do not threaten civilians and do not strike in civilian objects. The threat comes from Ukrainian nationalists who use the civilian population as a living shield, specially placing shock systems of weapons in residential neighborhoods and Strengthen the shellings of the Donbass cities, “the Kremlin states.