PARIS, Feb 25 (Bloomberg) - French President Emmanuel Macron said he had a quick talk with President Vladimir Putin and conveyed a message from the Ukrainian leader to stop the fighting, although it didn’t appear to make much of an impact on the Russian president.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had a frank, direct and quick conversation with Vladimir Putin at the request of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Macron said Zelenskiy wanted him to ask Putin to stop the fighting and engage in diplomacy.

Zelenskiy has said he hasn’t been able to reach Putin.

“It didn’t produce any effect so far as you can see, because the Russian president has chosen war,” Macron said.