Macron proposes a ceasefire "to see if Putin is acting in good faith" in supposed peace negotiations. French President Emmanuel Macron has put forward the proposal for a one-month ceasefire in Ukraine "in the airspace,

Russia will seek a peace deal in Ukraine that safeguards its own long-term security and will not retreat from the gains it has made in the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in comments to relatives of soldiers killed there.