yes, the french president, emmanuel mcgraw is scheduled to speak to the ukrainian president to manage lensky on the telephone a bit later around 7 o'clock parents time. we don't know much more about that conversation, but no doubt it might have micro will want to make sure that the lensky is well aware. that western allies western powers, all support ukraine's right to 70. in fact, micro is likely to brief landscape on some of the discussions that he had a bit earlier when the french president spoke to russian. nita vladimir putin by phone. that conversation lasted about an hour. we understand it was a very frank, very direct. both leaders did agree to continue diplomacy. they said that was very important, but there were no major breakthroughs. both sides, we understand firmly stated that positions of fusion said that he was disappointed that the us and nato seemed to be ignoring russia, security concerns, most notably, a russian concerns over nato's escalation, nato's expansion. i should say. eastwood, some of the other side micro said that he made it very clear to president who said

their response at emmanuel mcgraw would be if russia was to invade ukraine, it would be a very severe response. and russia would have to pay a very high price. so a very united front, when it comes to the response from you to any, a possible or eventual attack from russia. but what was interesting about this meeting between emanuel, my criminal act, shoals, it was of going into it the lisa had made it very clear that the french present feels that the you needs to re insert itself if you like, or into a diplomatic efforts. so to deescalate the crisis over the ukraine, there is a feeling that the e u has been in a way a sidelined macro wants to see that change. he believes that the you could be at the heart of a diplomatic push that the you could find a diplomatic solution to this crisis and to the end macro and shoals of organized a meeting in paris on a wednesday, which would be a meeting of political advisors the normandy format, so that is france, a, germany, ukraine, and russia would meet together to discuss the crisis that is seen as may be a step forward. another way of doing thi