Ukraine, Baltics rebuke Macron for suggesting 'security guarantees' for Russia(Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion the West should consider Russia's need for security guarantees if Moscow agrees to talks to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a storm of criticism in Kyiv and its Baltic allies over the weekend.Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, said a "denunclearized and demilitarized" Russia would be the best guarantee of peace not only for Ukraine, but also for the world.Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, however, said Putin's insistence on recognition of the declared annexations indicated he was not serious about peace talks."Diplomacy is obviously everyone's objective but you have to have a willing partner," she told reporters after meeting Zelenskiy in Kyiv on the weekend.Macron and Zelenskiy have held frequent talks during the more than nine months of war, and Zelenskiy has thanked the French president for trying to find diplomatic solutions while also rejecting Macron's suggestions that Kyiv could be ready to compromise."