French president Emmanuel Macron has called for restraint in both words and actions in dealing with the Ukraine conflict, after US president Joe Biden described Russian president Vladimir Putin as a ‘butcher’ and said he should not remain in power. ‘I wouldn’t use this type of wording because I continue to hold discussions with president Putin,’ Macron told France 3. ‘What do we want to do collectively? We want to stop the war that Russia has launched in Ukraine without waging war and without escalation.’
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