(Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, at peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other EU leaders on Monday, proposed a future four-way meeting about Ukraine that would include Europe.

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "a predator" and "an ogre at our gates," stressing that Russia poses a serious and ongoing threat to Europe. The remarks came during an interview with French news channel LCI on August 19,

Macron described Putin as a “predator, an ogre at our gates” who “needs to keep eating” to survive, posing a persistent threat to Europe. Macron noted that since 2007–2008, Putin has rarely kept his promises and has consistently acted as a destabilizing force,