Macro: Russia has suffered “geopolitical differences”

In an interview for the newspaper “The French president referred to this defeat from geopolitical standpoint, as Ukraine's invasion led two traditionally neutral countries -- Sweden and Finland -- to seek their NATO membership, a fact that made the Russian position in Baltic difficult.

Also, he firmly considered that Russia “actually started a form of vassality against China” and also insisted on some cases that “Russia should not win the war”.

However, he stressed his well-known stance that, after the war, Europe will have to build a new security architecture that <x0 builds stable balance”, guaranteeing Ukraine's security, but without requiring confrontation with Russia.

For this, it is necessary to start thinking about negotiations that will have to inevitably start”, Macron said.