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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
David Smith in Washington, and agencies

Ukraine war: Macron warns against ‘capitulation’ as Trump suggests Russia may not make concessions

Emmanuel Macron gesturing as he speaks
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said if Russia was credibly willing to negotiate the rest should be up to Ukraine. Photograph: Tschaen Eric/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Emmanuel Macron has warned against a peace deal over the Ukraine war that would amount to “capitulation” as Donald Trump suggested Russia might not make any concessions in negotiations.

The French president said only the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, could negotiate on behalf of his country with Russia to end the war, warning in an interview with the Financial Times that a “peace that is a capitulation” would be “bad news for everyone”, including the US.

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