The Russian and French defence ministers exchanged a phone call late yesterday in which Moscow warned Paris against deploying troops to Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.
Russia’s readout from the call also mentioned that the two ministers showed readiness for dialogue about peace in Ukraine – something Paris described as “not true”. The Kremlin has repeatedly said it is willing to open peace talks but this is widely seen as a cynical attempt to cement its hold on the Ukrainian territories it has already seized.
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