Russia claims to have destroyed warehouse of NATO-supplied weapons

“It’s the actuality of issues” that Ukraine and Europe “should negotiate” with Russia over the Ukrainian battle sooner or later, French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned Wednesday.

“The one fascinating finish to the battle is both a Ukrainian army victory or talks sooner or later as a result of combating has stopped, so sooner or later we should speak,” he mentioned whereas visiting French troops on the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in jap Romania.  

The French chief, on a two-day go to to Romania and Moldova, confused that France shouldn’t be at battle with Russia, regardless of European assist for Ukraine.

“The issue by which we have been all plunged, is that whereas we condemn, we sanction, we assist the Ukrainians of their struggle however we’re not at battle with Russia,” he mentioned.

Macron additionally mentioned that the present deployment of French forces to NATO’s jap flank “will improve in power,” with out offering additional particulars.

In line with the French armed forces, France has some 500 troops deployed in Romania underneath NATO command, alongside fighter and surveillance plane, in addition to some 300 troops in Poland and Estonia.