Macron: «Zelensky is the legitimate president of Ukraine»

French President Emmanuel Macron said, “Ukrainian President Zelensky is the legitimate president of Ukraine,” stressing that there is a state of uncertainty about how Trump will deal with the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been ongoing for 3 years.
"The Ukrainian president was elected in a free election, which is not the case with Vladimir Putin, who has long killed his opponents and manipulated his elections," Macron said.

He also spoke about the elections in Ukraine in the current conditions: "Do you think Zelensky can organize elections in a country from which millions of Ukrainians have fled in search of safety, where he has mobilized several million others to the front, and where an entire strip of his territory has been seized by Russia?"

Earlier this week, Macron said that Russia poses an existential threat to Europeans.