Estonia, Lithuania slam French president’s call not to ‘humiliate’ Russia

The leaders of Lithuania and Estonia have hit back at a recent appeal by French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia should not be humiliated due to its invasion of Ukraine.

“Russia has humiliated itself with this war,” Lithuanian President Nauseda said after talks with German Chancellor Scholz and his Baltic counterparts in Vilnius.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said, “I don’t think we should worry that much about what Putin or Russia feels. We should be more concerned about Ukraine holding out.”