What did Putin, Macron and Scholz talk on the phone for 75 minutes? [papildināts 19:39]

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for 75 minutes on Saturday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, discussing how to end the war in Ukraine, lsm.lv News Service reports.

A spokesman for the German government said the three talks were part of an international effort to end the war in Ukraine, adding that all three had agreed not to divulge the details of the call, Sky News reported.

It is significant that before this conversation Sholch spoke with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Sky News reports.

CNN reports that Scholz and Macron urged Putin to immediately cease fire and establish a ceasefire and move towards a diplomatic solution.

News agency LETA reports that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macrone have called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, stressing the need for a diplomatic solution to the Russian leader. Zelenski.

“We discussed retaliation against the aggressor, Russia’s crimes against civilians,” Zelensky said on Twitter.

“I ask my partners to help release the captured mayor of Melitopol. The prospects for peace talks were discussed. We must stop the aggressor together,” the Ukrainian leader stressed.

The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin had briefed the two leaders on the situation in the Moscow-Kiev talks and responded to their concerns about the humanitarian situation.

The Kremlin also said that in the talks, Putin condemned violations of international humanitarian law by Ukraine, according to Moscow, AFP reports. Putin has accused the Ukrainian army of capturing hostages and using civilians as shields.

The Kremlin’s rhetoric has not changed in this statement: since the beginning of the invasion, Moscow has been trying to present what is happening to its society not as a war in which the Russian army is killing civilians, but as a fight against oppression.

Meanwhile, the international community continues to record the war crimes committed by the Russian army. For example, the United Nations has confirmed that it has evidence of the use of cluster munitions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

–