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Putin Says Russia Open To Talks w/Ukraine In Macron Call

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Russia state media releasing Moscow's side of earlier call between President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

  • RIA: Russia open to talks with Ukraine and expects them to lead to needed results: Putin to Macron.
  • Putin told Macron that a settlement with Ukraine is possible only with unconditional consideration of: Recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, demilitarisation and denazification of the Ukrainian state, and ensuring the neutral status of Ukraine.
  • All three of these aims at odds with the Ukrainian demands in talks w/Russian delegation ongoing at the Belarus-Ukraine border.

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