Macron warns against ‘surrender’ in Ukraine as Trump claims Putin will accept peacekeeper deal
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6VG94)
Macron and Trump disagree over aid and securing a lasting peace after US president says Russian counterpart has no problem' with European forces in Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned Donald Trump against a surrender" of Ukraine as the US president said Russia's leader Vladimir Putin wants to make a deal" that could include European peacekeepers.
The transatlantic rift over the war was apparent on Monday as Trump and Macron - the first European leader to visit the White House since Trump regained power - disagreed over aid and efforts to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine.
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