French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone on Monday, telling him to end offensives against civilians in Ukraine as peace talks between Moscow and Kiev were under way on the Belarus border. All attacks on private individuals and residences needed to cease, and civilian infrastructure had to be preserved, Macron told Putin, according to the Élysée Palace. With regard to a possible agreement with Ukraine, the Kremlin said: “Putin stressed that such an agreement would only be possible if Russia’s legitimate security interests were unconditionally t…