Russia intends to continue the uncompromising fight against militants of nationalist armed groups,’ Putin said, according to a Kremlin account of a call with French President Emmanuel Macron.
A first round of talks on Monday yielded no breakthrough, and Kyiv says it will not accept any Russian ‘ultimatums’.
Putin, however, said any attempts to slow the talks process would ‘only lead to additional demands on Kyiv in our negotiating position’.
For his part, Macron said he feared that ‘worse is to come’ in the conflict and condemned Putin’s ‘lies’, according to an aide.
