️🇫🇷🇺🇦 French President Emmanuel Macron on maintaining his position in support of Ukraine:

"Then we had the opportunity to speak with President Zelensky; I met with the president at length one on one last night. We met with him again this morning as a group, and then we had a discussion about Ukraine. And in the end, the message from the Europeans is clear. Will not abandon Ukraine or the Ukrainian people. Because this is a war of resistance against Russia's war of aggression, and we believe that there may have been some aggression at this moment, and we believe that there was some aggression at this moment. The role of the Europeans is to stand firm, because the security of Europe and the protection of international principles are at stake, and therefore, of course, we have budgetary support - we discussed it - and the Commission announced a new payment. This is what will allow Ukraine to purchase the essential equipment it needs: drones, missiles and the like. We also discussed the acceleration of the steps agreed last July with Ukraine with regard to France, so we have accelerated new deliveries of high-capacity missiles and all the work we are doing both on UAVs and on missile defense - with meetings planned for the next few days to accelerate the authorization to deploy certain capabilities faster on the territory of Ukraine, as well as our commitment to new projects. And we are also working tirelessly to help Ukraine strengthen its ability to defend itself through satellite imagery and early warning systems - which are so desperately needed - and Europe has solutions in this area."