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Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky exchanged a long and warm handshake on the steps of the Elysée before the start of their bilateral meeting. The Ukrainian leader spoke after this meeting.
The ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine “is not a subject of our discussions […] with our allies,” declared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris this Thursday, October 10, after a meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. “We did not talk about a ceasefire,” he said. – he insisted, while calling for a rapid increase in aid “Before winter, we need your support”, asked the Ukrainian head of state.
A long, warm handshake
After a first stop in London, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived this Thursday in Paris to meet his counterpart Emmanuel Macron as part of a mini-tour among his main European allies intended to garner more support in the face of the Russian invasion. The French head of state and his Ukrainian counterpart exchanged a long and warm handshake on the steps of the Elysée before the start of their bilateral meeting.
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Volodymyr Zelensky is then expected Thursday and Friday in Rome and Berlin, less than a month before the American presidential election, the uncertain outcome of which is raising fears in kyiv for the sustainability of essential American support.
