This Monday, Emmanuel Macron estimated that the Ukrainians should “conduct realistic discussions on territorial issues” in order to find a settlement to the conflict in the face of the Russian invasion.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the Ukrainians should “conduct realistic discussions on territorial issues” to find a settlement to the conflict caused by the Russian invasion in 2022, in a context unfavorable to kyiv on the ground.
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“The Ukrainians have to lead realistic discussions on territorial issues and only they can lead them,” declared Emmanuel Macron before the French ambassadors gathered at the Elysée, at the time when Russia, which took possession of some 20% of Ukraine, multiplies its conquests in the east of the country.
“The new American president himself knows that the United States has no chance of winning”
The Europeans will nevertheless have to “build security guarantees” for Ukraine, said the French president. “The United States of America has to help us change the nature of the situation and convince Russia to come to the negotiating table,” he also stressed.
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“The new American president himself knows that the United States has no chance of winning anything if Ukraine loses” and a “capitulation of Ukraine cannot be good for the Europeans and the Americans,” said the French president, estimating that the “credibility” of Westerners would be “undermined” if they agree to “compromise” due to “fatigue” from the conflict.
There will be “no quick and easy solution in Ukraine”, warned Emmanuel Macron, while the large-scale conflict triggered by Russia in 2022 will enter its fourth year in February.
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Russia accelerates its advances in eastern Ukraine
Conjectures have been rife for weeks about the conditions for future peace negotiations, due to the return to the White House on January 20 of Donald Trump, who promised to quickly put an end to the conflict, without specifying how.
kyiv hopes for strong decisions from Donald Trump, but also fears a drop in American support, the president-elect having repeatedly criticized the billions of dollars provided to kyiv.
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Russia has accelerated its advances in eastern Ukraine, achieving its most significant gains since the first weeks of the invasion by the end of 2024.
The Kremlin, for its part, rejected the idea of a ceasefire. He demands that Ukraine lay down its arms, cede four regions partially occupied by the Russians, in addition to Crimea annexed in 2014, and renounce joining NATO. Unacceptable conditions for kyiv.
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