(Finance) – The Russian president Vladimir Putin he said Russia was “still open to dialogue” with Ukraine. The news comes from the Russian agency Tass which reports what the Kremlin made known in the Russian leader’s phone call with Emmanuel Macron. From France they speak of a phone call that lasted more than two hours. The last phone call between the two leaders dates back to March 29, while Macron spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last Saturday and promised him more help.
According to reports from the Russian agency, Putin informed Macron about the details of the “special operation“and onevacuation of civilians from Azovstal but he said that “EU countries ignore the war crimes Ukrainian forces and their bombings on Donbass towns and villages. “” The West could help stop these atrocities by exercising adequate influence over the Kiev authorities, as well as by stopping the supply of arms to Ukraine, “Putin added, saying that Kiev it is lacking in “preparing for serious work” in the peace talks. Macron, the note in the Kremlin read, expressed his concern about the global food insecurity created by the war and Putin replied that sanctions are the first along the cause.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has made it known that the families of Russian officers are preparing for evacuation from the unrecognized separatist state of the Transnistria. The indication would raise fears of a widening of the conflict. “Among the soldiers of the occupying army there is information that the term of the so-called special military operation is set for September 2022”, reports the Ukrainska Pravda, which quoted the chief intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian defense ministry. In the meantime – added the intelligence – “Russia is preparing to govern the occupied Ukrainian territoriesthe”.
“The forthcoming weeks will be crucial for the outcome of the war in Ukraine, where the weapons sent by the United States they are making a huge difference on the ground, “said the US Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, during a hearing in the Senate. Austin recalled that even before the Russian invasion, the United States had shipped $ 1 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine, followed by further deliveries of $ 3.7 billion after the Moscow operations began. The head of the Pentagon stressed the “need to urgently provide Kiev with the tools they need now in Donbassand in the South “.