(Finance) – At the end of the day today, marked by a concrete opening in the negotiations, the words of President Putin arrive. THE “nationalists” Ukrainians must lay down their arms in Mariupol. He said it the Russian President to Emmanuel Macron in the telephone conversation about the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin reports.
If at the moment “there are no conditions” for a humanitarian operation a Mariupolthe Russian president assured today ad Emmanuel Macron that “will reflect” on the proposal for an evacuation of which the French president was the spokesperson and which is presented by France, Turkey and Greece. Putin “will then give an answer” a Macronconcluded the Elysée.
Meanwhile, the spokesman for the British premier Boris Johnsonmakes it known that there has been “a reduction” Russian war activity around Kiev, stressing that “we will judge Putin and his regime by actions, not words”. “The clashes continue – he said – There are heavy bombings in Mariupol and other areas. We do not want to see anything less than a complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory. “At the end of this morning’s session of negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians in Istanbul, the Moscow delegation announced a “drastic” reduction in military activities around Kiev and Cernihiv.
In the phone call between the President of the United States Joe Biden and the European leaders, the leaders “they reaffirmed their determination to continue to increase the costs against Russia for its brutal attack on Ukraine, as well as to continue to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend itself against an unjustified and unprovoked assault “, the White House announced.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the toll has been 1,179 civilians killed including 104 children. The number of civilians injured amounts to 1,860, of which 134 children due mainly to bombings and air attacks. He makes it known the UN which made an update to March 28th.