[Putin said he will continue to engage in dialogue with the West] Japan's Kyodo News Agency released a message saying that on February 7, local time, Russian President Putin and French President Macron held an agreement on Uk in Moscow

[Putin says he will continue to engage in dialogue with the West]

Japan's Kyodo News Agency released a news that on February 7, local time, Russian President Putin and French President Macron held talks in Moscow on the situation in Ukraine, which is the first time that a Western head of state has held talks with Putin after Russia increased the deployment of troops on the Ukrainian border. After the talks, the two held a joint press conference, macron said: "In the direction of the situation, the next few days are very critical, we need to step up discussions and jointly deal with it."

Putin condemned the United States and NATO for ignoring Russia's important concerns, Putin said with dissatisfaction: "The United States and NATO use some commonly used political terms and minor proposals to deal with Russia, which will not solve the problem, Russia will work out solutions and goals, submitted to Washington and Brussels", Putin also said: NATO will position Russia as an enemy country, if Ukraine joins NATO and tries to retake Crimea by force, NATO's European allies will automatically be dragged into military conflict with Russia Putin said: "Russia is a nuclear possessor, and if there is a war, there will be no victor." The Kyodo News Agency article analysis believes that Putin used this language to hint at the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, because Putin also said: "The proposition that NATO belongs to a defense organization put forward by EU countries is groundless", and the Kyodo News Agency article believes that Putin is "justifying Russia's proposal that NATO will no longer expand eastward."

Reuters published an article pointing out that Macron, as the leader of a major Western country, visited Russia and proposed to Putin "to establish trust, stability and predictable mutual relations to avoid the outbreak of war", and Macron also said that he hoped that the two sides would jointly seek an effective strategy. Putin responded to Macron's claim that Russia and France share common concerns about the situation in the field of security in Europe and that "France has made various efforts to resolve the crisis."

Before visiting Russia, Macron told the French media: "It is clear that Russia's current geopolitical purpose is not Ukraine, but to clarify the rules for coexistence with NATO and the European Union."

Macron's talks with Putin lasted for a total of 5 hours, and after talking for so long and meeting reporters together, it can be seen that the two sides seem to have a good talk. Macron is said to visit Ukraine on Feb. 8 and will meet with Putin again. As commented in the Reuters article, Macron has fully embodied the posture of a mediator, and Putin seems to have acknowledged the identity of Macron's mediator, which can be seen from putin's words at the press conference: "France has made a lot of efforts to solve the Ukrainian crisis", which shows that Putin seems to have placed a lot of hope in Macron.

After the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine, the United States has been fanning the flames and emphasizing the Russian threat, President Biden just sent 3,000 American soldiers to Poland and Romania last week, Germany also sent 350 additional soldiers to Lithuania on February 7, however, at this time, Putin met with Macron and said in the conversation: Although many of macron's suggestions are "still premature", but "can become the basis for future measures", the praise for Macron has overflowed. Putin also demanded that Ukraine abide by the Minsk Agreement and resolve disputes in the eastern Donbass region, saying that although the US and NATO solutions did not meet Russia's requirements, there was still a possibility of negotiations between the two sides. It can be seen that Putin is actually not willing to fight, Macron said that Russia only intends to "clarify the rules of coexistence with NATO and the Eu", as the main member of the EU, Macron's statement undoubtedly reflects Macron's understanding of Russia's position, and this understanding provides an important opportunity for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.

So far, with regard to the situation in Ukraine, the performance of the forces of all sides is very worthy of deep consideration: the United States should rightfully think that it should be in charge of its own affairs, Russia naturally thinks that it should negotiate with the United States, the strong or weak countries of the European Union and Ukraine are even more taking it for granted that it should be decided by the United States, and even people around the world who are watching the liveliness feel that the United States should take charge, so the forces of all sides have been solidified by inertial thinking, and the United States has always dominated negotiations with Russia. However, after several rounds of punches and kicks, Biden has always shown hesitation: not full support for Ukraine: not complete hostility to Russia: for the European Union, unable to cooperate tacitly... As a result, Ukraine's Zelensky was disappointed, Russia's Putin was slighted, not knowing whether to hate iron or steel or see the opportunity to rise in status, France's Macron and Germany's Scholz began to come forward on their own, and the "project to shape a new image of Europe" entered the embryonic stage, and Putin obviously saw the weakness of the United States and began to encourage Macron to shoulder the heavy responsibility of coordinating Relations between Russia and NATO. Seeing that the support rate continued to decline, Biden hurriedly sent 3,000 soldiers to Europe, not to fight and not to say, first there is a move, in can fight, retreat can be defended, is a move to cope with, but during this period, Macron has been very confident.

Putin gave Macron a lot of face, and through his talks with Macron, he sent a signal to the outside world: "Intends to use Europe as the main negotiating opponent". This practice of ignoring or ignoring the United States is obviously more likely to stimulate the personal heroism of the leaders of some European countries, allowing France and Germany to persuade the United States, which invisibly becomes a containment of the United States. The United States was restless, and after Ajolts and Biden's meeting on the same day on Feb. 7, the two declared that "virtues are in step."

In the face of the Ukraine crisis, NATO allies have reached the point where they need to emphasize each other's alignment, which is really not to be thought about, because if the pace is really the same, there is no need to emphasize it. It can be seen that Putin is willing to leave the credit for mediating the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis to Macron, and the influence of the United States is bound to be affected by ineffable.