CESSON-SÉVIGNÉ, France — French President Emmanuel Macron hinted on Monday that France would need to go beyond NATO’s current spending target, especially if United States President Donald Trump pulls the American military out of Europe.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that Russia's war against Ukraine would not end "tomorrow or the day after" as Donald Trump, who pledged to quickly wind up the conflict, returned to the White House.

Paris: Moscow’s tensions with NATO country France have flared up amid the Russia-Ukraine war. The French Navy’s patrol aircraft Atlantique 2 was flying over the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile, the Russian air defense system S-400 took an aim at it. The S-400 ‘locked’ this French aircraft with its radar.

"We also agreed to work closely with key allies on achieving peace and developing effective security guarantees," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy added.

The U.K., France and other allies have discussed the possibility of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as the war escalates.

NATO allies are facing an intensified threat from Russia, Mark Rutte said.

The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.

France and Germany on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening "sovereign borders" after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of European Union member Denmark.

Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Trump’s return as president, saying Ukraine looks forward to working with him. Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian villages of Shevchenko and Novoiehorivka, the Defence Ministry claimed on Monday.

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