Thread by @kimwillsher1

Elysée briefing on Ukraine following Emmanuel Macron's telephone conversation with President Zelensky.
"We (France) want Ukraine to be victorious. We want the territorial integrity of Ukraine reestablished, we want this conflict, this war of Russia's against Ukraine to end..1/n

"...as soon as possible and that negotiations start that will allow not only the reestablishing of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, but also take into account a number of other very important elements, including transitional justice, the payment of...2/n

"...war damages etc. We also hope for, and its also important for us to be able to obtain this in the months to come, that when the war is over that we have a greater clarity of what is necessary for all of us...that's to say, the security and stability of Europe..." 3/n

"We are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees. We have said this to the Russians. The President has told Vladimir Putin this and will continue to speak to Putin for as long as is necessary, and after coordination with President Zelensky...4/n

"...with the aim of each time passing messages that are coordinated with our closest partners, particularly our German partners. The President's last discussion with Vladimir Putin took place around 15 days ago with Chancellor Scholz and involved simply saying...5/n

"...we are ready to engage in a form of robust peace that will be clear for Ukraine and for Europe. That is in the interest of Europe and in the interest of Ukraine....I'm sure you understand that the Russian demands in Ukraine are absolutely unacceptable...6/n

"...It is not acceptable that one can seize territory by force and it is not acceptable either that one can put this into a (peace) agreement because this would be a clear violation of the most important principles of international order, of the United Nations charter etc.,..7/n

"Russia must end its offensive. The integrality of the Ukrainian territory must be reestablished and we are ready to work with all our international partners, not only to end this crisis but to mitigate the effects of this crisis on each..."...8/n

This is a speedy translation and there's more, but you get the idea.
Does this sound like France is appeasing Putin?

Again, this is NOT a transcript of Macron speaking.
These are notes from an Elysée briefing.