Russian President Vladimir Putin today accused Ukraine, in a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, of "numerous war crimes", assuring that Moscow-led forces are doing "everything possible" not to target civilians.
During that phone call, Putin "drew attention to the numerous war crimes committed daily by security forces and Ukrainian nationalists," the Kremlin said in a statement.
The Russian president spoke to his French counterpart about Moscow's approach to a possible agreement to end hostilities, the statement added.
"Responding to the concerns expressed by Emmanuel Macron, the Russian president stressed that the Russian armed forces involved in the special military operation are doing everything possible to protect the lives of civilians."
The two also discussed the negotiations between Moscow and Kiev and Moscow's stance on how an agreement could be reached, the statement said without giving further details.
In the statement about the phone call, Elise noted that theFrench president expressed to Putin his "great concern" about the situation in Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine being shelled by the Russian army, and called for "an end to the siege and access to humanitarian aid."
During the new telephone conversation between the two presidents that lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes, Macron "again called for the immediate observance of the ceasefire" in Ukraine, the French presidency said.
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