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<\/p>\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy depart for a summit in Brussels, on the Military Airport Villacoublay in Velizy-Villacoublay, France February 9, 2023. Mohammed Badra\/Pool through REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
PARIS \u2014 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in an interview printed on Sunday that the French chief Emmanuel Macron was losing his time contemplating any type of dialogue with Russia.<\/p>\n
Zelensky, interviewed by the Italian every day Corriere della Sera, was responding to a suggestion by Macron that Russia ought to be \u201cdefeated but not crushed\u201d and that the battle in Ukraine must be settled by negotiations.<\/p>\n
The two presidents spoke by phone on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be a useless dialogue. In fact Macron is wasting his time. I have come to the conclusion that we are not able to change the Russian attitude,\u201d Zelensky advised the Italian every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they have decided to isolate themselves in the dream of rebuilding the old Soviet empire, we cannot do anything about it. It is up to them to choose or not to cooperate with the community of nations on the basis of mutual respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
He rejected any suggestion that it was Western sanctions that had pushed Russia President Vladimir Putin into isolation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was instead the decision to launch the war that marginalized Putin,\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Macron urged allies to step up navy help for Ukraine.<\/p>\n
He additionally stated in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche he didn’t consider in regime change, that there was little probability of a democratic resolution from inside Russian civil society and no different to bringing Putin again to the negotiating desk.<\/p>\n
Those feedback prompted the Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, to say that France ought to bear in mind the nineteenth century defeat in Russia of Napoleon Bonaparte.<\/p>\n
Macron has drawn criticism from some Nato allies for delivering blended messages relating to his coverage on the warfare between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n
In describing their dialog on Sunday, Zelensky made no point out of Macron\u2019s newest feedback. The leaders mentioned methods, together with joint selections Zelensky stated had been due forward of this week\u2019s first anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n
Before a quick go to to Paris this month, Zelensky stated the French president\u2019s harder stand on Russia in latest months confirmed had had undergone a major change.<\/p>\n