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French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to work for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Macron’s office said. The two leaders also agreed on “the need to favour a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis and to do everything to achieve one”, the Élysée said, adding that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov would meet “in the coming days”. Follow FRANCE 24’s live updates for all the latest.
Ukraine urges the West to impose sanctions
The US refuses to impose sanctions, despite repeated calls from Ukraine leaders to do so. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told Western leaders at a security conference in Munich on Saturday, “You tell me 100% that there will be war in a few days’ time. What are you waiting for?”
“We will not need your sanctions after there is a bombardment, or after our state is shot at, or if we have no more borders, we do not have an economy, or parts of our state is occupied,” he added.
FRANCE 24’s correspondent Gulliver Cragg said that the president’s impassioned speech helped to rally public support.
Russia says West is whipping up tensions
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the repeated warnings by the West that Russia was about to invade were provocative and could have adverse consequences, which he did not spell out. Russia says the West has raised tensions by sending NATO reinforcements to eastern Europe during the crisis.
Western countries are preparing sanctions they say would be wide-reaching against Russian companies and individuals…
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