INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
French President Emmanuel Macron believes "the worst is to come" in Ukraine after a 90-minute phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin who appears intent on seizing "the whole" of the country, an aide to the French leader said."The expectation of the president is that
the worst is to come, given what President Putin told him," a senior aide to the French leader told reporters on condition of
anonymity."There was nothing in what President Putin told us that should reassure us
He showed great determination to continue the operation," the aide continued.He added that Putin "wanted to seize control of the whole of
casualties and allow for humanitarian access."President Putin replied that he was in favor but without making any commitments," the aide
extra sanctions on Russia to increase the cost of the invasion, the aide said while denying any open tensions between the two men."President
Putin has a way of talking that is very neutral and very clinical
