Putin not ready to end war - French official

Putin not ready to end war

Macron asked Putin to end the siege during a call between Putin, Macron and the German Chancellor Olaf Schulz. But an official in the French presidency, quoted by Reuters, says that Putin did not appear ready to end the war.

Qazet.az reports that the two western European leaders also repeated the call for a ceasefire as a condition for full negotiations.

The French presidency also accused Putin of "lies" after he said that Ukrainian soldiers were responsible for human rights abuses.