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UKRAINE: Macron-Ukraine Must Have 'Realistic Position' On Territorial Questions

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Speaking at the annual meeting of ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, French President Emmanuel Macron says “We cannot let Russia win in Ukraine. For the international order and for our own security...[We] must organise ourselves so Ukraine [is] in [the] best position to negotiate." Says that there is "no quick and easy solution", and "no solution can be found without Ukraine and Europe being involved in the process." 

  • In comments that could gain attention, Macron says that "Ukraine has to have a realistic position on territorial questions", potentially indicating that France will push for a settlement that sees Kyiv recognise Russian control over the areas of Ukraine it currently holds and claims as part of the Russian Federation (Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson as well as Crimea).
  • Macron says the "role of the United States must be to convince Russia to come to the table".
  • In late 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted that Ukraine did not have the military might to retake the territories annexed by Russia, but this did not amount to an admission that Kyiv would recognise the land as Russian territory.
  • There remain divisions both in Ukraine, but also between its allies on the 'maximalist' (i.e. all of Ukraine's territories must be returned under any agreement) and the 'realpolitik' (concessions of some territory will be essential for any peace agreement) views.
  • Situation likely to remain in semi-stasis (politically if not on the frontline) until President-elect Donald Trump takes office in the US on 20 Jan. 

 

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Speaking at the annual meeting of ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, French President Emmanuel Macron says “We cannot let Russia win in Ukraine. For the international order and for our own security...[We] must organise ourselves so Ukraine [is] in [the] best position to negotiate." Says that there is "no quick and easy solution", and "no solution can be found without Ukraine and Europe being involved in the process." 

  • In comments that could gain attention, Macron says that "Ukraine has to have a realistic position on territorial questions", potentially indicating that France will push for a settlement that sees Kyiv recognise Russian control over the areas of Ukraine it currently holds and claims as part of the Russian Federation (Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson as well as Crimea).
  • Macron says the "role of the United States must be to convince Russia to come to the table".
  • In late 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted that Ukraine did not have the military might to retake the territories annexed by Russia, but this did not amount to an admission that Kyiv would recognise the land as Russian territory.
  • There remain divisions both in Ukraine, but also between its allies on the 'maximalist' (i.e. all of Ukraine's territories must be returned under any agreement) and the 'realpolitik' (concessions of some territory will be essential for any peace agreement) views.
  • Situation likely to remain in semi-stasis (politically if not on the frontline) until President-elect Donald Trump takes office in the US on 20 Jan.