French President Emmanuel MacronPARIS, Mar 29 French President Emmanuel Macron plans to speak again on Tuesday with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said. The presidents of the two countries have already held several telephone conversations lately. that during the conversation, Macron intends, in particular, to discuss the evacuation of residents from Mariupol. According to Legendre, the main goal of the French president is to achieve a ceasefire in order to ensure «free movement of the population» and free access for humanitarian assistance. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. turning point in history
