France seeks a military victory in Ukraine against Russia that restores the country’s territorial integrity, including Crimea, which Russia took in 2014, according to a French diplomatic source.
The source added it was up to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to define what a military victory could be.
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived in Kiyv on Thursday on a joint trip to show their backing for Ukraine as it struggles to withstand a Russian assault.