“The aim was to express concern over and give an assessment to recurring proposals to negotiate with Moscow and to provide some kind of security guarantees.”“We believe that it is Ukraine that needs security guarantees first and foremost,” he added.Security guarantees for RussiaIn an interview with France’s TF1 channel last Saturday, Macron said that Europe should think “how to give guarantees to Russia the day it returns to the negotiating table”.That provoked new concern in Kyiv that the French leader was seeking to balance his support for Ukraine’s war effort with diplomatic outreach to Russian President Vladimir Putin.The Elysée Palace said later that Macron’s comments about offering Russia security guarantees had been taken “out of context” and that the French president was repeating his long-held view that a negotiated settlement would be needed to end the conflict.Landsbergis echoed Kyiv’s view that talks with Russia can only be held when it capitulates and compensates Ukraine for the damage, and when those responsible are brought to justice."