French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed an appeal from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for direct talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, saying it was time to resume dialogue with Moscow. “I believe that it is now up to Ukraine and Russia to establish both a ceasefire and a peace plan. It is the Europeans who can help with this,” Macron said at a summit of European Union and Balkan leaders in Montenegro. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official .