Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Russia will successfully demilitarise Ukraine and render it neutral, which he said were his goals there.
According to a read-out of the telephone call, Putin said that any attempt by Ukraine to delay negotiations would only result in Russia adding to its list of demands.
Putin also told Macron that he disagreed with a speech the French leader gave yesterday, in which he held the Russian president responsible alone for starting the war.-BBC
