French President Emmanuel Macron has stressed the extreme gravity of the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine and called on the Russian leader to allow evacuations from the Mariupol steel plant to resume.
Macron asked Putin to restart evacuations at the besieged Azovstal plant in coordination with humanitarian units while allowing evacuees to choose their destinations, as called for under international law.
He also restated his willingness to work on conditions for a negotiated solution to the war, for peace and for full respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and reiterated his oft-stated demand for a ceasefire.