French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he favors new sanctions against Moscow after claims that its forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.

Macron called for progress on further moves towards sanctions at the European Union level, which he said could target the oil and coal industries, as well as Russian citizens.

"What happened in Bucha makes a new round of sanctions, and very clear measures, necessary," Macron said, adding that France would coordinate such steps with its EU partners, "especially Germany", in the coming days.

Russia has claimed that footage of dead civilians in Bucha had been "ordered" by the U.S. as part of a plot to blame Russia.

(With input from AFP and Reuters)