French President Macron Meets Ukraine President Zelensky In Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and French President Emmanuel Macron today held talks in Kiev over rising tensions with Russia amid fears of an invasion 

DNYUZ/New York Times: Macron meets Zelensky in Ukraine, as Russia keeps the world guessing. 

KYIV, Ukraine — President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Tuesday that the Ukraine crisis could take months to resolve, but that his shuttle diplomacy this week between Russia and Ukraine had raised hopes of stabilizing the situation. 

Mr. Macron met President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv on Tuesday, a day after holding a five-hour meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow. 

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that there were “seeds of reason” in proposals Mr. Macron had put forward during the meeting with Mr. Putin. 

But Mr. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, rejected reports that the two leaders had reached any sort of agreement on de-escalating the crisis, which Western nations say has been incited by Russia’s buildup around Ukraine of roughly 130,000 troops, many of which appear to be in the final stages of readiness for an invasion.  

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 French President Macron Meets Ukraine President Zelensky In Kyiv 

Live: Macron sees 'concrete solutions' to easing tensions with Russia over Ukraine crisis -- France 24  

Ukraine crisis: Macron and Zelensky give joint press conference -- France 24  

Russia doesn't want to escalate Ukraine crisis, Macron tells Zelenskyy -- DW  

Ukraine, France will continue cooperation on return of occupied territories - Zelensky -- Ukrinform  

Macron urged to comply with Minsk Accords following meeting with Zelensky -- TASS

French President Macron's Remarks After Meeting Russian President Putin Is Not What NATO Hardliners And The Leadership In Ukraine Wanted To Hear

 

The Guardian: Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Russia set alarm bells ringing  

Analysis: French president’s comments after Ukraine talks with Vladimir Putin should concern Nato alliance 

Domestic critics of Emmanuel Macron, Nato hardliners and the leadership in Ukraine will be suspiciously examining the French president’s late-night remarks at his Moscow press conference on Monday for signs of freelancing. 

At one level, Macron, three months from a re-election campaign, stuck pretty faithfully to the script he had exhaustively agreed with his Nato partners before his meeting with Vladimir Putin, but at another level his particular view of Russia as a European nation, and lofty talk of a new security guarantees, will have set alarm bells ringing. 

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WNU Editor: French President Macron definitely wants to find common ground and a security compromise with Moscow. What was also welcoming to hear from him was his support for adopting the Minsk II agreement in full. 

Macron knows that to ensure stability in the region the war in Ukraine must end, and to do that the rights of Russian-Ukrainians must be respected as per the Minsk Agreement. Unfortunately, many in Ukraine and elsewhere have a different agenda and a different solution to ending the war. 

My prediction. And I have been saying the same thing for years. 

Until the U.S. and Europe put real pressure on Kiev to adopt and implement the Minsk II agreement that they had signed onto in 2015, this war and the tensions that it is causing will continue.