The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the last few months has not gone as expected.
The situation at the Russian-Ukrainian front is very fragile for Ukraine.

“We will never lead an offensive or military action inside Ukraine, we will never take the initiative for it,” assured him

“What we thought was unthinkable is happening: A major war is taking place on European soil”

“You have a regime in the Kremlin which has hardened profoundly”

In many other theaters of war, from the Near and Middle East to the Caucasus and Africa, Russia is a destabilizing power

“We must have the nerve of peace (...)
However, wanting peace does not mean letting Ukraine down”

“Peace is not the capitulation of Ukraine”

Our nuclear capacity gives security to the French that few countries in the world have

If we were decide today to be weak (…) is already to be in defeat,

Vladimir Putin "is caught in a repressive and authoritarian drift"

“We do not have a defense industry adapted to a high-intensity territorial war”

— “We are not in a novel or a series. As we speak, there are men and women dying in Ukraine under the responsibility of President Putin”

“There is only one person responsible for the situation we are in: It is the Kremlin Regime”

“Our responsibility is to be strong for peace. Our responsibility is to maintain this European unity"

"The security of the entire region depends on a political response to the legitimate right of Palestinians to have a state"

“I really hope that we will obtain their release”