11:20, 25 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 25, ARMENPRESS. French President Emmanuel Macron said he phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday on a request from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, reports TASS.
“I had a quick, direct and frank conversation on a request from President Zelensky”, Macron told reporters after the EU summit on Friday.
In his words, the aim of the conversation was a request “to end hostilities as soon as possible”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address on Thursday morning that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law in the country.