The President of Ukraine,

Volodymyr Zelenskyi

, spoke with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

They discussed the importance of strengthening Ukraine's defense support.

Touching on the topic of nuclear blackmail by Russia, they discussed the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP, its immediate demilitarization.

This is reported on the website of the Office of the President.

"Thank you for your firm condemnation of illegal referendums and attempts to annex Ukraine's regions by the aggressor. We expect a strong world reaction to Russia's illegal actions, in particular by increasing sanctions pressure," said Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

We will remind you that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin 

attempted to annex Ukrainian territories on September 30

.

After Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the documents on the accession of the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, a number of countries 

expressed their condemnation of this decision and their disagreement.

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