Macron and Scholz speak with Putin and denounce that Russia does not want to stop the war in Ukraine

The French President, Emmanuel Macronand the German chancellor, Olaf Scholzassured today that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinhas no intention of “stopping the war” and warned that they plan to apply deep sanctions to the Russian regime at the level of Iran.

“The president and the chancellor have put him against the wall for not respecting his commitments”sources from the Elysée pointed out this Saturday, after a conversation that Macron and scholz they had with Putin by phone.

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Likewise, the French president also spoke this Saturday by telephone with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. Elysee sources indicated that Zelensky asked Macron for help for the disappearance of the mayor of Melitopol, near the besieged city of Mariupol, allegedly captured by Russian soldiers.

“We will apply new sanctions, the most severe, at the level of those of North Korea, Syria and Iran, but we keep some in reserve, of a systemic type.”, influenced the French presidential sources, who assumed that these sanctions will also impact European economies. Its scope will be outlined over the weekend.

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According to the Elysee, Putin “has no intention of stopping the war” and remains “determined” to achieve his goals. Likewise, he noted a change of tone in the Russian leader’s speech, since he no longer speaks of “denazification” of Ukraine nor to depose the president Zelensky.

“It has been a difficult conversation, the president (Macron) is resorting to all diplomatic instruments to avoid the worst, such as resorting to illicit weapons (such as chemical ones) or other scenarios that will entail the annihilation of cities and civilians, which are unclassifiable”he added.

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The situation in besieged cities like Mariupol are “humanly unsustainable, Putin has to end the siege,” the sources explained. In this sense, Paris and Berlin branded the Kremlin version as a “lie”, which accused the Ukrainian “nationalist” forces of violating international humanitarian law.

Regarding whether there have been war crimes on the Russian side, the French presidency clarified that this falls to the International Criminal Court, although it advanced that “besieging cities with civilians or attacking basic infrastructures” as Russia has done fits into this class of crimes.

According to French sources, the EU and the United States have decided “not to go to war” against Russiabut do support Ukraine.

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Source: Elcomercio

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