[HIGHLIGHTS] Acknowledgment of Russian progress and doubts about continued support for Ukraine and Macron do not rule out sending forces

French President Emmanuel Macron announced new steps to support Ukraine in its battle against Russia. Macron painted a bleak picture of Russia, whose positions he said were “hardening” at home and on the battlefield.

There are growing doubts about the feasibility of long-term US support for Ukraine at a time when a new aid package has not received approval from Congress. Ukraine announced on Monday that it had withdrawn from the Lastochkin region in eastern Ukraine, in another defeat for Ukrainian forces since the fall of Avdiivka.