French President Emmanuel MacronPARIS, Mar 17 French President Emmanuel Macron, answering a question about the possibility of a visit to Kyiv, said that he did not exclude anything, but would go when it would be useful. «I heard the words of the former president (of Ukraine) Petro Poroshenko, I treat them with friendship and respect. And as I said, I do not exclude anything But I think it's my responsibility to act in a useful way,» Macron said at a press conference on Thursday when asked about Poroshenko's offer to come to Kyiv.
Macron called the influx of refugees from Ukraine a major challenge for EuropeThe French leader noted that when he was in Moscow and Kyiv in early February, there was still a «chance for peace» in the negotiations. According to Macron, now we must wait for the right moment. «I do not exclude anything, but I will do it when it is useful,» he added. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» Zelensky, Daily Mail writes. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president stressed.
