The Ukrainian president has called for a ceasefire in Donbas, following escalating tensions in the region in recent days.
“Continuing yesterday’s talks, I have briefed French President Emmanuel Macron on the current security situation and the new provocative bombings. We are in favor of intensifying the peace process. “We support the immediate convening of the TCG (Tripartite Contact Group for Ukraine) and the immediate establishment of a ceasefire,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
Continuing yesterday’s conversation, informed @EmmanuelMacron about the current security situation and new provocative shelling. We stand for intensifying the peace process. We support the immediate convening of the TCG and the immediate introduction of a regime of silence.
– Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 20, 2022
Zelensky and Macron spoke by phone for about half an hour on Sunday.
At the same time, President Emanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have been on the phone since 12:00 Greek time in order to avoid a major war in Europe at a time when Western powers consider a Russian invasion of Ukraine more likely than ever. announced today the French presidency.
“The conversation with President Putin started, as expected, at 11:00 (Paris time),” the French presidency said about two weeks after the two leaders met in the Kremlin.
Meanwhile, Belarus’s defense ministry has announced that joint military exercises with Russia in northern Ukraine are being extended due to increased military activity near the border and escalating tensions in the Donbas region.
Diplomacy continues to operate in the conflict with Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said today.
“Yes, we see what is happening on the front, we see what Russia is doing, but diplomacy is still working,” he told a news broadcast on Ukraina 24.
Kiev will “do everything to ensure that Russia remains on the diplomatic path”, but is also preparing “just in case”, according to Kuleba.
“We are ready, we are stronger than we have been since 2014,” he noted.
SOURCE: SKAIGR / NDTV
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