The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, stated that the Kremlin leader, Vladimir Putin, will have to show today that he wants peace, according to a post by the French leader on the social media platform X.

Vladimir Putin believes he has a strong hand ahead of a phone call Monday with Donald Trump and European leaders are trying to prevent the US president from rushing through a deal. Putin is confident that his forces can break through Ukraine’s defenses by the end of the year to take full control of four regions that he has claimed for Russia,