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Macron vows to prevent Putin from winning war

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, September 1, 2022. [AP]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged to keep up France's humanitarian, economic and military support to Ukraine and to bolster European unity as a way to pile pressure on Russia and prevent it from winning it war in that country.

"We cannot let Russia militarily win the war," Macron said in a speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee presidential palace. He set the goal of enabling Ukraine to either win militarily or be put in a strong position to achieve "a negotiated peace."

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