The UK and France have urged Russia's President Vladimir Putin to prove he wants a peace deal with Ukraine, ahead of talks between Putin and Donald Trump on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the "courage" of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksy in agreeing to a ceasefire proposal,

President Donald Trump announced the call on Sunday and said there would be concessions over land and power plants.

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that both France and Canada are demanding clear commitments from Russia regarding peace in Ukraine. He believes that peace must be accompanied by security guarantees,

Russia will seek "ironclad" guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.

A Russian deputy foreign minister accused French President Emmanuel Macron of offering up his soldiers to distract from domestic issues.

PARIS — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument that was a gift from France nearly 140 years ago.

France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1884 and was later dedicated by former President Grover Cleveland in New York City in 1886. An i nscription on the statue reads: “Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

The Telegraph reported that Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament, said that the iconic Lady Liberty should be returned because the U.S. no longer represents the values that led France to offer us the statue almost 140 years ago.