Putin holds hour long call with Macron, agrees to IAEA-Russia-Ukraine meet but not in Chernobyl
India TV NewsHighlights Russian President Vladimir Putin held an hour long phone call with French president Putin also stated that he had no objections to meeting in the IAEA-Russia-Ukraine format Putin blamed Ukrainian authorities for not fulfilling the agreements on the civilian evacuation Russian President Vladimir Putin held an hour long phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. Earlier, plans to evacuate civilians from a besieged port city in Ukraine collapsed for the second time along with an expected Russian cease-fire, Ukrainian officials said as they tried to persuade Russia to agree on terms for safely getting residents out of areas under fire near Ukraine’s capital. Meanwhile, Russian forces launched hundreds of missiles and artillery attacks across the country, including dropping powerful bombs on residential areas of Chernihiv, a city north of the capital of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. Earlier, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy pushed his call for foreign countries to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.