reserves in the event of any disruption to the russian pipeline that carries natural gas through to europe. he said the us and the eu were determined to protect the gas supply to prevent people dying from any cutoffs by russia's natural gas to europe. if they return to speaking about the situation regarding ukraine, we will of course collected at press conference for you. caroline davies is in moscow for us. what's the mood around these negotiations, particularly the conversation happening between president putin and president macron of france? in president putin and president macron of france? , ., . of france? in terms of the leg which we have heard _ of france? in terms of the leg which we have heard from _ of france? in terms of the leg which we have heard from both _ of france? in terms of the leg which l we have heard from both presidents, at the moment it has been relatively warm. we heard from president putin saying he was very happy to see, you, dear emmanuelle. we also heard president putin use the words tea, referring to president macron in the informal way, the way you might refer to a friend rather than a more