President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President of France Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, April 16.
The leaders plan to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine and the build-up of Russian troops on the border, Ukrainian president’s spokesperson Iuliia Mendel said in a comment to Ukrinform.
"President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of France Emmanuel Macron will indeed meet in Paris on Friday. The presidents will focus on the situation in Donbas and the build-up of Russian troops on the borders of Ukraine," Mendel said.
As a reminder, the Russian armed forces have recently been building up troops near the state border of Ukraine in the north, east and south, as well as in the occupied Crimea. In addition, the number of ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine by the armed formations of the Russian Federation has increased; there are losses among the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In parallel, the Russian Federation is conducting a propaganda campaign to justify possible aggression against Ukraine.
The United States, other Western countries, as well as the EU and NATO, have come out in support of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity against the backdrop of Russia's escalation in eastern Ukraine.