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Macron on TF1 emphasized that France supports Ukraine in new efforts to force Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to sit down at the negotiating table, but added that the West does not want « World War II ».
« Our intention is to impose sanctions, » if Russia did not respect the ceasefire in Ukraine proposed by Kijiva’s allies in Europe, Macron said.
France has taken a leading role in recent months, trying to achieve a coordinated European response to Ukraine’s defense, and Macron has used its sincere relations with US President Donald Trump’s negotiations on the end of the war.
The French, British, Poland and German leaders on Saturday called on Russia to adopt a 30 -day unconditional ceasefire to begin on Monday.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has called Putin in person to participate in Russian-Ukraine talks in Turkey on Thursday, but Russia has not yet announced who will represent it in these talks.
The EU has already imposed 16 sanctions against Russia since its full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The 17th round could be adopted soon, but EU leaders are ready to wait with new sanctions to possible talks in Zelenska and Putin in Turkey.
The French President said Ukraine had admitted that it might not be able to recover the entire area that Russia had seized since 2014.
« We need to help Ukraine defend, but we don’t want to trigger World War II, » Macron said. « The war needs to be interrupted and Ukraine should be in the best possible situation to get involved in the negotiations, » he added.
