Russo-Ukrainian War: Emmanuel Macron calls the National Security Council to convene

According to the French presidential palace, today, Monday Emmanuel Macron He also spoke twice with the counselor German Olaf Schulze and actors European Union, President of the European Council Charles Michel The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

Monday afternoon Russian President Vladimir Putin The chancellor told Schulze and Macron that he would sign a decree recognizing the independence of the so-called people’s republics created by the separatists in the Donbass.

And in the evening of the same day, Putin said in his address to the nation: – I consider it necessary to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.

He added that he and separatist leaders in Donbas signed agreements on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with Russia.

On Monday, the head of Polish diplomacy, the acting head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Zbigniew Raw He said that after the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, decisions were made on the content of sanctions against Russia in the event that it recognized the breakaway republics located on the territory of Ukraine.