Macron corrects Trump on costs of Ukraine war and says: “Peace must not mean surrender” | BBC News

French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump that peace must not mean the surrender of Ukraine, at a news conference with the US President at the White House. The two leaders were meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country.

The French leader interrupted President Trump to correct him, after Mr Trump said Europe’s financial assistance to Ukraine was in the form of loans. Mr Macron said that was not the case as most of the money had been given to Ukraine by Europe.

Earlier, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped “we can finish the war this year”. He was speaking at a summit of western leaders meeting in Kyiv to show their support for his country.

At the United Nations in New York, the General Assembly agreed a resolution – drafted by the EU and the UK – to mark the anniversary of the war. It reaffirmed the UN’s "commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine". The US opposed the resolution alongside Russia and North Korea, supporting a resolution which made no reference to backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity and referred to Russia’s invasion as a "conflict".

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington, Nada Tawfik at the United Nations in New York, James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Jeremy Bowen on the frontline in Ukraine and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.

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