Macron: Ukraine will have to hold talks with Russia 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other government officials will have to hold talks with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said and other government officials will have to hold talks with Russia.

Ukrainian officials have criticized Emmanuel Macron for his pro-Russian stance. They believe that the French President should not hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Macron said on June 3 that Russia should not be humiliated because sooner or later, other countries will cooperate with it. At the time, the French President said he had held talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for over a hundred hours in December.