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Macron: Putin not ‘very willing to get peace’ in Ukraine
- French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on August 17, 2025, from his summer residence in France about the Ukraine conflict and European security.
- Macron explained that Russia’s 2022 offensive and refusal of ceasefire have led to an ongoing conflict requiring new security measures and sanctions.
- He detailed plans for a trilateral meeting involving himself, Ukrainian President Zelensky, and US President Trump to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Macron called Putin 'an ogre at our gates' who has destabilized Europe by redrawing borders, stating, “If we want to be feared, we must be strong.”
- The discussions highlight challenges but suggest peace remains possible if robust security guarantees and increased pressure on Russia are applied.
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The obligation of the "Alliance of the Willing" is to assist with training, equipment and joint action immediately after any agreement is reached, the French president emphasizes.
Macron: Putin not ‘very willing to get peace’ in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed skepticism in a Monday interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be willing to make peace in Ukraine amid President Trump’s diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine that has lasted more than three years. The interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker followed a high-stakes series of meetings at the…
"Vladimir Putin is an ogre who needs to continue devouring to survive," said Emmanuel Macron after the Washington summit, issuing a serious warning about the future of Europe's security. In statements to NBC, an American network, and LCI/TF1, France's first TV networks, Macron added late Tuesday morning: "Since 2007 / 2008, the year of his intervention in Georgia, President Putin has rarely kept his promises, systematically acting as the preside…
Vladimir Putin is "a hunter, a trap to our ports" who "must continue to eat" for "their own survival", warned March Emmanuel Macron, urging Europeans to "not be ships" in front of Russia, which will...
In an interview given to LCI after the meeting in Washington with Trump and Zelensky on Monday, the president said that "Russia has long-term become a power of destabilization and a potential threat to many of us".
Statements by the French President, in an interview with the TF1 channel, took place in Washington, D.C., between the Presidents of the United States, Zelensky and several European leaders.
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