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Putin says 'an agreement will have to be reached' for Ukraine conflict to end Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that ultimately an agreement would need to be struck to end fighting in Ukraine, nearly ten months after the Kremlin launched its "special military operation" there. French energy group TotalEnergies said earlier that it was withdrawing its representatives from the board of Russian gas giant Novatek and taking a $3.7 billion hit in the wake of sanctions against Moscow. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).