Macron said he had received "assurances" from Putin of no more escalation, and the two leaders had agreed to work on the French president's proposals for deescalating the situation.

"I obtained [commitments] that there will be no worsening and escalation," Macron told reporters on the plane while en route to Ukraine. However, as Bloomerg reports, "A French government official said Macron's remark that Putin assured him of no further escalation was in reference to not massing any further troops near the Ukraine border. But the official added it was a conditional commitment and the situation, and its perception by Putin, could change."