About this, according to RIA Novosti, said the Elysee Palace.
“President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated to President Vladimir Putin that any solution to the military conflict must be agreed between Moscow and Kyiv, while respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
They renewed their demand for a ceasefire,” the statement said.
Putin, in turn, in a conversation with European politicians, “pointed out the issue” about the danger of pumping Ukraine with Western weapons.
He warned European colleagues that this carries the risks of destabilization.
Macron and Scholz also asked the Russian leader to release Ukrainian militants and servicemen who had surrendered from Azovstal.
On May 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Armed Forces had completely liberated the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol: 2,439 Ukrainian military and Azov militants had laid down their arms and surrendered.