France: Allowing Ukraine to Use Missiles to Strike Russian Targets Still an Option

Russia is the only power that made an escalatory decision … it’s really this break that led to the U.S. decision,

the French president told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro

Nothing new under the sun,

he added, speaking ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting in the Belgian capital

Vladimir Putinrussian President

I think that every leader is absolutely free to take their own initiatives".

Commenting on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's call to Putin, Macron said

After this attack, one of the most intense since the beginning of the war, I believe it's clear that Putin's intention is to intensify the fighting,

he said

We openly said this was an option that we would consider if it was to allow to strike a target from where Russia is currently aggressing Ukrainian territory. So nothing new on the other side,

Jean-Noel Barrot told journalists ahead of a EU ministers' meeting in Brussels

Emmanuel Macronfrench President

I come out of this meeting with the belief that we're not there yet and I would like to reassure our farmers,

Macron said after meeting Milei on Sunday