India, Feb. 25 -- French President Emmanuel Macron, who rushed to Washington after US President Donald Trump stunned the world when by declaring his readiness to resume diplomacy with Russia and hold talks to end the Ukraine war without Kyiv, warned that peace cannot mean the "surrender" of Ukraine.

Emmanuel Macron, however, said talks with Donald Trump had shown a path forward despite fears of a transatlantic rift, news agency AFP reported.

Macron-Trump meeting at the White House came on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion. Both leaders said there was progress on the idea of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, although Macron insisted on US security guarantees for Kyiv.

The meeting came even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens...