NATO countries are divided on whether to continue dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve the situation in Ukraine.

France and Germany, as well as Hungary and Italy, want to continue the dialogue, which, in their opinion, can help to cease fire and contribute to the withdrawal of Russian troops, Bloomberg writes..

While Russia has burned all bridges of cooperation for the foreseeable future, the German government sees the possibility that the Founding Non-Aggression Act and its guidelines will still be needed..

Other NATO members believe that the dialogue that Paris and Berlin are having with the Kremlin is counterproductive and could play into the hands of Putin. Thus, the UK, Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe - with the exception of Hungary - are skeptical about the opinion that the Russian president is taking the negotiations seriously..

" Whoever supports these conditions, supports Russia, Duda was quoted by one of those present during the conversation, ”the newspaper notes..

At the same time, another diplomat from an Eastern European country noted that negotiators with Putin often "

Two more senior diplomats told Bloomberg they were concerned Macron could push Zelensky to agree to neutrality on Russia's terms in exchange for a ceasefire..

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Recall that on Saturday, March 26, US President Joe Biden, speaking in Warsaw, stressed that the President of the aggressor country Vladimir Putin is guilty of everything that is happening today in Ukraine, and added that he should not remain in power.

At the same time, the next day, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken assured that the words of US President Joe Biden that the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin "

On the same day, French President Emmanuel Macron said that "