President Putin had a three-way call with the leaders of France and Germany Saturday, demanding they end sanctions and stop supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held an 80-minute call with the leaders of France and Germany in which he warned against the continued transfers of Western weapons to Ukraine.