The Russian president held a long meeting with Emmanuel Macron which offers a glimmer of hope that war can be avoided
Vladimir Putin said he hoped the escalating crisis in Ukraine could be resolved peacefully but declined to say he was ready to pull back the troops near the Ukrainian border after marathon talks with Emmanuel Macron.
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