“Russia doesn’t want a ceasefire”, says French president Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said that “the last few hours have shown that Russia doesn’t want a ceasefire.”

Russia and Ukraine were holding their first direct peace talks in three years, in the Turkish port city of Istanbul, but officials and observers expected them to yield little immediate progress on stopping the more than three-year war.

“We must push towards this path and build a just and lasting peace for…