Emmanuel Macron who is the President of France has refused to take sides in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia while openly insisting that Ukraine and Europe will have to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war.
According to the French President, this is the reality of things.
He said that Ukraine and Europe “will have to negotiate” at some point, according to CNN.
“The only desirable end to the conflict is either a Ukrainian military victory or talks at some point because fighting has stopped, so at some point, we must talk.
“We Europeans will be around the table to negotiate, at some point that will happen,” he added.
Macron, however, made clear that his country is not at war with Russia, despite European support for Ukraine.
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“The difficulty in which we were all plunged, is that while we condemn, we sanction, we support the Ukrainians in their fight but we are not at war with Russia,” he said.
In another report, the Russian Ministry of Defense, Wednesday said it has destroyed a warehouse of weapons in Ukraine.
According to the ministry, the destroyed weapons were provided by NATO nations in the Western Ukrainian Lviv region.
A statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense, said this in its update on the war in Ukraine published on Wednesday.
“High-precision long-range Kalibr missiles near Zolochev, Lvov region, have destroyed a warehouse of ammunition for foreign weapons transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries, including 155-mm M777 howitzers,” it said.
Ukrainian officials conceded on Tuesday that some Russian strikes were successful but also claimed that their air defense systems had shot down Russian cruise missiles over Lviv and Ternopil.
“It was possible to bring down only a part,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, there are victims, there is destruction.”