French President Emmanuel Macron PARIS, Mar 6 French President Emmanuel Macron in a telephone conversation with the President Russian Federation Vladimir Putin declared the importance of protecting civilian nuclear facilities in Ukraine, follows from the communiqué of the Elysee Palace. Macron and Putin had a telephone conversation on Sunday. «The President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron) expressed serious concern to Vladimir Putin about the security risks and nuclear guarantees arising as a result of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, and the need to take concrete measures to respond to them,» the Élysée Palace communiqué reads.Putin condemned attempts to hold Russia responsible for the ZNPP incident «He emphasized the absolute need to avoid any encroachment on the integrity of Ukrainian civilian nuclear installations, the safety of which must be guaranteed in accordance with the rules of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the proposals of its director general,» the administration said. French leader. It is noted that Putin «agreed that work in this direction should be immediately started by the IAEA.» The President of the Republic emphasized the importance of ensuring the safety and protection of all civilian nuclear facilities in the country under the leadership competent Ukrainian authorities,” the communique reads. The Kremlin’s press service earlier reported that Putin told Macron that the Russian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian security unit with personnel continue to ensure the operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The Russian leader also noted that he was not against a meeting in the IAEA-Russia-Ukraine format, but not in Chernobyl, but in the format of a videoconference or in a third country. » /> Putin said that the Russian Armed Forces control the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>>Putin: the suspension of the special operation is possible only if Kiev stops fighting
