Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call Tuesday that the West should stop arming Ukraine and that Moscow was still open to talks with Kyiv.
Putin told Macron there were “war crimes” being committed by Ukraine that the EU has ignored and said the West “could help stop these atrocities by putting relevant pressure on the Kyiv authorities, as well as halting the supply of weapons to Ukraine.”
Russia has issued multiple warnings over the US-led campaign to pour weapons into Ukraine, but it hasn’t deterred NATO countries as they continue to escalate military aid to Kyiv. The Russian Defense Ministry often reports Russian forces striking sites in Ukraine where Western-provided arms are stored.
The Russian leader also said Ukraine was “not serious” about pursuing talks to end the war. “The Russian side is still open to dialogue,” Putin said, according to a Kremlin readout of the call.
According to Macon’s office, the French leader told Putin that he was willing to work with international organizations to help lift the Russian embargo on food exports via the Black Sea and called for a ceasefire.
Macron is one of the few Western leaders that has maintained contact with Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine. Other leaders, including President Biden, have abandoned diplomacy with Moscow.
The trouble is, Macron is no more an autonomous agent than any of the “dollarized pols”, caught between Wall St and “The Street”. Pope Francis, however, is another matter, haunted by the image of Oscar Romero, as he is, … and may need to be dealt, as was the former, with -as The Company has it- “with extreme prejudice”, …to be attributed, of course, to Putin.
It’s just a way to breakthrough to the Western Media who otherwise would not listen to Putin unless they could claim what he said is crazy.
Macron is using the magic words, “humanitarian” and “ceasefire”, strategically, benefitting only the Nazis, not challenging NATO’s agenda.
Francis’ case is different. NATO uses the formula “illegal & unprovoked” to justify its aggression. The Pope is saying it was provokedl. The world knows he’s right; and if the Law says otherwise, then, the Law ‘s an ass.
Ah, okay.
It’s just a way to breakthrough to the Western Media who otherwise would not listen to Putin unless they could claim what he said is crazy.
Putin wants West to stop arming Ukraine so Russia can have its own holocaust, take all the land, and make more money. I know how most Russians see Ukrainians, they see them and treat them like animals. How about Russia pulls out of Ukraine and take all the Russian separatists across the border with them?
I don’t think it is too hard to immigrate to Russia.
Arming Ukraine just emboldens the thug Zelensky and invites escalation towards a nuclear holocaust.
Only a retarded fool would push for arming Ukraine.
One might think that.
Of course, one might also think that only a retarded fool would invade Ukraine.
I don’t think Vladimir Putin is a retarded fool, so presumably there’s some other explanation for his fiasco. And there might be some other explanation for arming Ukraine as well.
While hubris — which characterizes both decisions — is foolish, it sometimes gets even smart people in its grip.
Allegedly large gas deposits, wants to control the water to Crimea which had been cut off, wants to control 1200 mile circle around Moscow ( 100 days marching) as either vacant, Russian or vassal state.
The only reason Macron is calling Putin is he’s afraid the high-ranking French NATO officers in the Azovstal steel plant are going to be captured shortly.
France and the French has issues working with Nazis sonny
At 73 the term “sonny” would seem inaccurate. Boy.
Well, we cannot keep the arms here when the sun loses it, may as well ship them Over There and cross our fingers an X Class flare does not melt all our faces off.
It cannot possibly happen in that Hemisphere and the merchants over there all moan about the shocking sudden and totally down-your-legs experience.
Satellites will be blown back and will look like falling stars from heaven!
Then the world spins and the other Hemisphere is cued up.
Dreamy huh?
want to get off the merry go round?
want to bail from this rat race?
do Romans 10:9
And Russia should stop invading Ukraine. It is an imperfect world.