The Élysée Palace reported that French President Emmanuel Macron planned to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as soon as possible.

In a statement issued by the French presidency, Macron, who received President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine at the Elysée Palace, assured him of France's commitment to the unity and sovereignty of Ukraine, as well as the importance that Paris attaches to the development of French-Ukrainian relations in all areas.

The statement also noted that Macron and Zelensky held Conferness video talks with German Chancellor Anguilla Merkel, during which the three leaders confirmed "that the outcome of the Paris Summit on 9 December 2019 (on the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass region of south-eastern Ukraine) remains entirely in place and requires a commitment from Russia to Ukraine in order to facilitate its implementation."