Port of Odessa. File photoPARIS, May 28. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the need to lift the blockade from Odessa to export Ukrainian grain, the Elysee Palace reported. Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation on Saturday with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz. The parties exchanged views on current aspects of the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. crisis,» the Elysee Palace said in a communiqué following telephone conversations. It is noted that the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany took note of the promise of the President of Russia to provide ships with access to the Ukrainian port for the export of grain, if it is cleared beforehand.Putin spoke about the state of affairs in the frozen negotiations with Kyiv