Presidents of France and the United States, Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden respectively, agreed during their telephone conversation to step up sanction measures against Russia, the press office of the French president said in a statement on Monday, TASS reports.
"The heads of two countries agreed to tighten current measures regarding sanctions against Russia, to provide support for Ukraine and to adopt jointly all initiatives aimed at stopping combat activities," the statement reads.
The statement also reads that Macron expressed his condolences over the death of American journalist Brent Renaud, who was killed in Ukraine. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Renaud, who once worked for it, had been killed in the Kiev Region and his colleague Juan Arredondo had been wounded.
