French President Emmanuel Macron told Russia’s
Vladimir Putin he was making a “major mistake” in Ukraine, that he was deluding
himself about the government in Kyiv and that the war would cost Russia dearly
over the long term, a French official said.
In the
phone call initiated by Putin on Thursday, the Russian leader reiterated his
determination to obtain the neutralisation and disarmament of Ukraine, whether
diplomatically or by arms, the official told Reuters.
“There was
nothing in what President Putin said that could reassure us,” the French
presidential adviser said, adding that Putin had reiterated his “narrative”
that he was seeking the “de-nazification of Ukraine”.
“’You are
lying to yourself’,” Macron told Putin, the official said. “’It will cost your
country dearly, your country will end up isolated, weakened and under sanctions
for a very long time’.”
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