Russian President Vladimir Putin said he won’t escalate Ukraine crisis, French president says

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks throughout a gathering through videoconference on the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outdoors Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Alexei Nikolsky through Related Press

French President Emmanuel Macron stated Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed him on Monday that Russia wouldn't additional escalate points with Ukraine, in accordance with The Related Press.

What he stated: Macron stated Tuesday that Putin instructed him Monday that “he received’t be initiating an escalation. I feel it's important.”

• Putin additionally reportedly instructed Macron that there could be no “everlasting (army) base” or “deployment” in Belarus, the place Russia had despatched quite a few troops already, per The Related Press.

Sure, however: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he’d desire a concrete plan for Russia’s de-escalation since he doesn’t “belief phrases usually.”

The thriller continues: Nonetheless, Putin has signaled that he plans to proceed the thriller about his intentions for the foreseeable future, in accordance with The New York Occasions.

• “Some analysts fear that his engagement in diplomacy in current weeks is merely shopping for time for Russia’s army to make remaining preparations for an invasion,” per The New York Occasions.
• Putin stated, in spite of everything, that a large-scale conflict would occur in Ukraine have been allowed to hitch NATO.
• “Would you like France to go to conflict with Russia?” Putin stated, per The New York Occasions. “That’s what is going to occur!”