US and French Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron held telephone conversations amid fears in the West that Russia would attack Ukraine, Reuters reports. No details of the conversation are given.
Mr. Macron the day before once again phoned Vladimir Putin. The Élysée Palace reported that the presidents of France and Russia made “firm commitments to do everything to avoid escalation, reduce risks and maintain peace.” They agreed to hold a meeting of the trilateral contact group in the coming hours to negotiate the terms of a ceasefire in Donbass. Russian and French Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Jean-Yves Le Drian are due to meet next week.
The President of the United States said last week that Russia had decided to invade. He expects this to happen in the coming days. Moscow denies plans to attack Ukraine.
About the situation in Ukraine – in the material “Kommersant” “Breakthrough Test”.