Indoor problems as well: Protests in over 50 Russian cities, thousands arrested

OVD-Info, an independent monitoring group, has given these figures, CNN reports, stressing that over 4300 people have been arrested in protests held in 56 cities in Russia. So far, however, CNN has failed to verify these figures independently.

For 11 days, Russia follows the bombings in most of Ukraine, but has not yet been able to take over Kiev's capital, while thousands have been killed.

On Sunday, Putin had a telephone conversation with Macron, where he assured the French president that the army he heads would not attack nuclear power plants.