Mariupol, Macron announces France humanitarian operation with Greece and Turkey

Emmanuel Macron announces the start of a humanitarian operation together with Greece and Turkey to evacuate all citizens who intend to leave Mariupol, exhausted by the siege of Russia in the war with Ukraine. From Brussels, the French president explained that things will be organized in the best possible conditions. The city of 400,000 inhabitants now has 150,000 who live “in catastrophic conditions”, he said. “We are doing it, there have been concrete discussions with the mayor of Mariupol. We are doing it in full transparency with President Zelensky and the Ukrainian authorities. And then we will negotiate with the Russian side. We are putting ourselves in a position to do so in the next few days. a new interview with Vladimir Putin within 48 hours to define the details “. “Our goal and our obsession is the ceasefire on the whole territory”, he reiterated.