Putin ready to talk to France's Macron on Ukraine: spokesmanMOSCOW, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Vladimir Putin is ready to talk with France's Emmanuel Macron over the war in Ukraine, the Russian president's spokesman said in an interview published Sunday. Putin has "expressed readiness to engage in dialogue with Macron", Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti. Macron said this week he believed Europe should reach back out to Putin over ending the war. European Union leaders agreed on Friday to give Ukraine a loan of 90 billion euros ($105 billion) to plug looming budget shortfalls as the conflict approaches the end of its fourth year. But they failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 21, 2025 03:07 UTC