'We must respect those fighting since beginning,' says Macron after Trump-Zelenskyy clash

Russia is the aggressor and Ukrainians are the aggressed people, he said.

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron, in comments following a shouting match between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, said that Russia is the aggressor and Ukrainians are the aggressed people.

"We must ... respect those who have been fighting since the beginning," Macron told reporters in Portugal.