Macron ‘very sceptical’ about Russia-Ukraine peace talks as Europe marks four years of war – Europe live

<p>France’s president says ‘there is no willingness on the Russian side to have peace’</p><p><strong>Zelenskyy says “we must be just as determined and strong as we were when the invasion began,” as “the threat hasn’t become smaller.”</strong></p><p>He says <strong>Europe can only respond to this war working together with the US,</strong> even as he remarks it “is not an easy task to maintain transatlantic unity and cooperation in the current conditions.”</p><p><em>“So there must be no place in the free world for Russian oil, for Russian tankers, Russian banks, Russian sanctions …, schemes, or for any Russian war criminals. T<strong>he time has come to fully ban all participants in Russia’s aggression from entire Europe.”</strong></em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/feb/24/russia-ukraine-war-four-year-anniversary-invasion-zelenskyy-putin-europe-latest-news">Continue reading...</a>