“Russia has already lost geopolitically,” Macron said, quoted by the agency France-Presse (AFP), referring to Moscow’s ties with its traditional allies, China, and NATO’s expansion to Sweden and Finland.
“Let’s be clear, this is not a “special operation” because Vladimir Putin has decided to mobilize. Russia has questioned its historic allies, its front-line corset. It effectively started a form of vassalage with China and lost access to the Baltic Sea, which was fundamental to the country as it accelerated the Swedish and Finnish choice to join NATO. explained the French president to the daily L’Opinion.
According to Macron, these developments were “unthinkable less than two years ago”, which is already being portrayed as “a geopolitical defeat”.
According to Macron, who according to various sources is preparing to receive his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky today, Russia “should not win the military war”.
“Over there it is up to us to see how we can help the Ukrainians in their counter-offensive, how we can prepare the question of security guarantees for the negotiations that will inevitably take placeadded the head of state to the French publication.
Macron insisted that in the long run “the European security architecture will have to fully guarantee the security of Ukraine” going forward, while “designing a non-confrontation with Moscow and restoring a healthy balance”.
“But there are still a lot of steps to go to get there,” he claimed.
This weekend Zelensky made a short tour of Europe, via Rome, Berlin and Aachen – where he received the International Charlemagne Prize – and is now expected in Paris.
Source: DN
