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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L), French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) arrive for a meeting on Ukraine with German Chancellor at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on Dec. 9, 2019. Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
Ukraine criticized a French proposal to provide Russia with “security guarantees” aimed at addressing the latter’s longstanding concerns over further eastward expansion by the NATO alliance.
According to Ukrainian officials, Moscow—not NATO—should provide security guarantees.
