Russia

agreed on Friday to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by its forces, after a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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• Hours later: French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia launched a "brutal attack" on Ukraine in an imperialist, revanchist violation of international law. President Macron had long emphasized the importance of dialogue with Putin, but has grown increasingly critical of the Russian president as the war bears on.