MOSCOW, Feb 19On February 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti. Western media wrote that today Macron intends to talk with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, and tomorrow with Putin. The leaders of Russia and France spoke by phone a week ago, and on February 7, Macron visited Moscow. One of the main topics of the talks was the situation in Ukraine.08:00Makron accused Russia of the omnipotence of its propagandaIn the past two days, the situation in Donbass has seriously deteriorated. Kiev ignores all the agreements reached earlier, has concentrated most of the army on the border with the self-proclaimed republics, and regularly fires on the militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment. Local authorities fear that Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an invasion. Against this background, the leadership of the DPR and LPR began the evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region and announced a general mobilization. The conflict in eastern Ukraine has been going on for eight years, during which time, according to the UN, more than 13,000 people have become victims, and about 44,000 more have suffered. De-escalation is being discussed at a contact group meeting in the Belarusian capital. The Minsk agreements are taken as a basis, which provide for a constitutional reform, a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Tensions in the Donbass are escalated by the United States and other NATO countries, which pump weapons to Ukraine and send military instructors there. Moscow has repeatedly called for a halt in the supply of weapons, as this could provoke Kiev into military adventures. /2022/02/73ce3ed16ec9150fb6fb8b36252f5e7d.jpg» />08:00Putin's strategic deterrencePosted by: Madina Morgoeva
