Macron fears ‘the worst is to come’ in Ukraine after speaking with Putin
Headline from The Times of Israel
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The most ominous detail here is that it was Putin who called Macron, not vice versa. If Macron had initiated the call, it would have been a plea for peace. With Putin initiating the call, the purpose...
One week ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to attack neighboring Ukraine, setting off an extraordinary chain of events that has led to harsh financial sanctions, thousands of deaths, one million refugees, and the fall of a major Ukrainian port city.
Following bilateral talks, French President Emmanuel Macron has said Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to seize the whole of Ukraine, Elysee Palace sources say. Macron says the worst is yet to come in the war in Ukraine.