France, Nov. 30 -- Zelensky and Macronwill discuss "the conditions for a just and lasting peace", the French presidency said, two weeks after the leaders last met on 17 November.

"We will welcome President Zelensky to Paris to move negotiations forward," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told La Tribune Dimanche newspaper.

"Peace is within reach, provided [Russian President] Vladimir Putin abandons his delusional hope of rebuilding the Soviet Empire by first subjugating Ukraine. Ukraine belongs to the Ukrainian people and them alone."

In a warning to Russia, Barrot added: "Vladimir Putin must accept the ceasefire or accept exposing Russia to new sanctions that will exhaust its economy, as well as intensified European support for...