Guard of honor at the Elysee Palace. File photoPARIS, Apr 20France discussed with partners in the EU, NATO and the United States the issue of providing security guarantees to Ukraine, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said. «Yesterday there was a meeting with the leaders of Germany, Britain, Italy , Poland, Romania, Canada, the United States, the head of the European Commission, the President of the European Council and the Secretary General of NATO… These discussions made it possible to start an exchange of views on the security guarantees that must be provided to Ukraine after the terms of the negotiations are met,» Attal said at a briefing in Wednesday.
France will continue arms supplies to UkraineAccording to him, France also discussed with international partners further sanctions pressure on Russia and the provision of humanitarian and military assistance to Kiev .Earlier, President Emmanuel Macron said that France is called upon to become one of the guarantors of peace in Ukraine after a ceasefire will come into force. 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 genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation. Macron
