The conflict in Ukraine will not end soon, French President Emmanuel Macron told the RTL radio station on Friday.

“Unfortunately, the conflict will not end soon. I believe that we will see a very difficult situation in Donbass in the coming days and weeks. This is why, together with Turkey, Greece and the UN, we are doing everything to organize humanitarian operations in the cities of Mariupol and Dnepr”, - the French president noted.

According to him, “Russia cannot be expected to make diplomatic concessions in the coming weeks”: “It won’t happen until mid-May. Russia would mark Victory Day on May 9. Every day of hostilities makes tomorrow harder. There will be no peace in Europe if we don’t think about tomorrow”.