Paris, Aug. 18 -- French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Ukraine may ultimately have to recognise the loss of some of its territories as part of a potential peace settlement with Russia.

"As part of a truce, a ceasefire or a peace deal, the country may recognize the loss of territories," Macron said in a video address released on the Elysee Palace's X page.

"It will not recognize that they are under anyone else's sovereignty, but will recognize their loss though military action. It doesn't run counter to international law, but will be a very serious concession," he added, according to Russian news agency Tass.

Macron stressed that "after three and a half years of conflict and so many victims, no country will accept even actual ...