On the 7th local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President macron held talks in Moscow. The talks lasted more than five hours. The central topic of discussion was the situation and security in Ukraine. The Financial Times said that the two presidents reached an agreement on a series of measures to downgrade the situation in Eastern Europe, including Russia's withdrawal from Belarus after the exercise. On the 8th, Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, refuted the news of the financial times that Putin and macron had reached an agreement on the Ukrainian issue. (Xinhua News Agency)