The most important things from Putin and Macron's press conference:
Macron: the situation is serious, we all have to find a peaceful way of stability in Europe, there is still an opportunity and time for that now. The coming days will be decisive.
Putin: Do you want to go to war with Russia, do you want France to go to war with Russia?
If Ukraine is in NATO and attacks Russia's Crimea, there will be a conflict between Russia and the alliance, Putin said.
Putin: Well, if everybody wants peace, what's wrong with not placing strike systems near Russia's borders? It's not us who are moving towards NATO, but NATO is moving towards us.
Putin about Zelensky's unwillingness to comply with the Minsk agreements: like it or not, bear with it, my beauty.
Putin: If Ukraine joins NATO and starts returning Crimea militarily, European countries will automatically become parties to the conflict with Russia.
The military capabilities of NATO countries and Russia are not comparable, we understand that. But we are the leading nuclear power. There will be no winners. The Europeans won't have time to start implementing the fifth point of the Rome Accords. There will be no winners. Macron doesn't want that, and I don't want that.
Macron: Zelensky is nervous about Russian troops near the border.
Putin: Ukraine has concentrated 100-125,000 troops in the southeast of the country.
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