This Sunday, March 6, Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone. The call, which lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, ended with the observation that:
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The risk of seeing forms of brutal war is increasing.
What Macron and Putin said to each other
Just a few days after their phone call, the two heads of state spoke again about the war in Ukraine and the takeover of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye. This plant was bombed by Russia on March 4, creating the possibility of a nuclear disaster. This is a situation that the Élysée and Europe have asked the Kremlin to clarify.
Putin assured Macron that he had:
No intention of carrying out attacks on nuclear power plants.
According to the Élysée’s press release, he also said he was:
Ready to respect the standards of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for the protection of power plants.
This is a point on which the two presidents agreed. On the other hand, the former KGB agent is still sticking to his guns and seems to be pursuing his military campaign for the: ‘denazification and neutralisation of Ukraine.’
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The concern of a 'brutal war'
In his war against Ukraine, Putin reaffirmed to Macron that the Russian army did not target civilians and that:
The responsibility fell to the Ukrainians to let the population of the encircled cities leave.
To which, Macron replied:
The army that attacks is the Russian army.
On Monday morning, a temporary ceasefire was underway in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, and Sumy to allow civilians to leave the war zone.
For the time being, theEuropean Union is considering new sanctions against Russia with the objective:
Not to wage war against Russia, but to make Vladimir Putin change his mind.
The more prepared the Ukrainian resistance is, the more it will attack Russian forces. As underlined by advisors of the candidate for re-election:
The longer the conflict lasts, the greater the risk of seeing forms of brutal warfare.
