The building of the French Foreign Ministry. File photoPARIS, May 30.The conditions for the start of a dialogue between the authorities of Russia and Ukraine have not been created, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna believes. honestly: I don't think there are conditions for future dialogue. It is necessary to continue negotiations in order for this to become possible,» Colonna said in an interview with LCI. .jpg» />The French Foreign Ministry believes that the EU will soon make a decision on sanctions. She noted that Paris is concerned about the development of the situation in Ukraine and therefore intends to intensify its diplomatic efforts. During a telephone conversation on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to direct negotiations with Vladimir Zelensky and the search for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» US assistance to Ukraine stopped negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
