“Ukraine is sovereign. If it asks for allied forces to be on its territory, it’s not something for Russia to accept or not,” Macron said in a joint interview with several French regional newspapers published late on Saturday.

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    “Putin is not seeking a truce, ceasefire or peace,” Finnish President Stubb said after the virtual meeting

    Finnish President Alexander Stubb is took part in a Ukraine support summit on Saturday. The meeting was held remotely, hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as a follow-up to one held in London on 2 March.

    Starmer’s office said that 26 leaders including European partners, the EU commission, Nato, Ukraine, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others – dubbed the ‘coalition of the willing’ – took part in the summit. As with the previous meeting, there was no representative from the United States […]

    Putin is not seeking a truce, ceasefire or peace. His fundamental goal, namely the destruction of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, has not changed at all," Stubb [said].