Ihe last telephone exchange between President Macron and President Vladimir Putin does not allow, for the moment, the evacuation of the 170,000 civilians still stuck in besieged Mariupol. Emmanuel Macron, with the help of Turkish President Erdogan, and the Greek Prime Minister, Mitsotakis, are pleading with President Putin to lift the siege that is falling on the city in order to evacuate the civilian populations who are surviving in appalling conditions.
“President Putin continues to blame the Ukrainian forces which he believes are holding civilians back, and in particular the Azov battalion, confides an Elysian source. We do not endorse these arguments. Emmanuel Macron asked him to ensure the conditions for lifting the siege. President Putin says…
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