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Macron reaffirms solidarity with Ukraine in call with Ukraine's leader

Members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 22, 2022. Soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine are waiting with helpless anticipation to see if war is on its way. © Efrem Lukatsky, AP

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed France’s solidarity with Ukraine in a phone call Friday with President Volodymyr Zelensky amid tensions between Moscow and Kyiv. In an earlier phone call, Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need to “de-escalate" the situation. Follow Friday's events as they happened in our coverage below.

22:29 Paris time: Ukraine’s Zelensky says diplomacy must continue if conditions allow

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