According to the French President Emmanuel Macron the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine can only be ended through negotiations. “I want Russia’s defeat in Ukraine and I want Ukraine to be able to defend its position, but I am convinced that in the end it will not be completed militarily,” Macron told French media.
In the newspaper interview Le Figaro and The Sunday Journal as well as the transmitter France Inter Macron explained: “Neither of the two sides can win completely.” The consequences of the mobilization are not as great as intended and they are also reaching their capacity limits.
Macron: Never France’s position to ‘destroy’ Russia
Macron reiterated that Ukraine now needs a military offensive to bring Russia back to the negotiating table. However, he does not believe that Russia should be attacked on its own soil, as some have suggested. Above all, these observers wanted to smash Russia.
France wants Russia to be defeated in the Ukraine war. However, Macron made it clear that it was not France’s position to “destroy” Russia.
Macron doubts the possibility of domestic political pressure in Russia
Macron expressed doubts about the possibility of significant domestic pressure in Russia. “Do we really believe that a democratic solution will emerge from the current Russian civil society after these years of aggravation and in the midst of the conflict? I really want it, but I don’t really believe in it.”
On possible successors to the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s within the current system, Macron said they seemed worse to him.