he leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine called on Russia after talks on Friday to pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border as tensions escalate in the region.Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky “shared concerns about the build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine and in the illegally annexed Crimea. They called for the reduction of these troop reinforcements in order to bring about a deescalation of the situation,” said the German leader’s spokesman in a statement.