French President Emmanuel Macron said a truce between Russia and Ukraine could be just weeks away, paving the way for sustainable peace negotiations, but warned it must be a "substantial" deal backed

We want peace and I think the initiative of President Trump is a very positive one. But my message was to say, ‘Be careful,’ because we need something substantial for Ukraine … for the security

At a meeting at the White House, President Trump declined to call President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a dictator while President Emmanuel Macron of France stated flatly that “the aggressor is Russia.