Macron: Will continue efforts to end Ukraine crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron said Russian President Putin "chose war" but that he would continue dialogue with the Russian leader to try to end the conflict and avoid its spread beyond Ukraine's borders.

In an address to the nation on Wednesday, Macron hammered home the consequences of a conflict which will reverberate to France and other European countries and, ultimately, thrust the continent into a new era. After squarely targeting Putin as the cause of the war, the French president stressed that he won't abandon contacts with the Russian leader. Macron has traveled to the Kremlin and had multiple telephone conversations with Putin, the latest on Monday, trying to facilitate an end to the Ukraine conflict.