Volodymyr Zelensky is received by Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée

Emmanuel Macron receives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Élysée, Wednesday February 8, 2023. Journalist Guillaume Daret is in the courtyard of the Palace to take stock of what should happen. The Ukrainian president intends to influence the decisions that will be taken this Thursday in Brussels. “This evening, in Paris, the President [Zelensky] will renew its request for combat aircraft for Ukraine, from the West. That’s what he wants, that’s what he’s going to say to the president.”assures the journalist.

“Nothing is excluded”

“By definition, nothing is excluded, said Emmanuel Macron, just a few weeks ago”, recalls Guillaume Daret. The French Head of State has decided to associate the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz with this dinner. “This meeting allows the French president to put himself back at the center of this diplomatic game at the heart of this Ukrainian crisis.”