Overview

• Speaking to French broadcaster LCI, Emmanuel Macron called Vladimir Putin “a predator” and “an ogre at our gates.”
• Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced the remarks as unworthy of a head of state and vulgar insults against Russia and its people.
• Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov responded with a televised threat that Russia would “march on Paris,” GB News reported.
• Macron said that if a Putin–Zelenskyy meeting does not happen by Monday, it would mean Putin has once again played President Donald Trump.
• GB News reported continued Russian strikes, including hits on buildings housing the British Council and EU delegations in Kyiv and deadly attacks in Zaporizhzhia, as Ukrainian officials cited massive overnight drone and missile barrages.