NATO and US statements on security in Eastern Europe this week – ones that rebuffed Russian demands for an end to the bloc’s eastward expansion – are insufficient, the Kremlin told Paris on Friday as it renewed demands for security guarantees. Speaking by phone, Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow needs binding security guarantees from the West. The statement comes as Europe seeks a way out of a potential crisis in Ukraine. Tensions have been high for months now, after Western intelligence agencies said Russia was massing troops on Ukraine’s borde…