Russia cautioned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday against threatening Russia with nuclear rhetoric and ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from NATO members to Ukraine.

Russia's Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev takes part in a wreath laying ceremony marking Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow,

Russia warned Macron not to threaten it with nuclear rhetoric after the French president said he was open to discussions on extending France's nuclear umbrella to allies.

An approval rating for President Donald Trump remains unchanged in the latest Emerson College poll, while predictions of a world war increase after a recent tense meeting between the president and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy happened in the White House.

Trump suggested he's still open to reengaging with Zelensky, though he inflated how much the U.S. has given Ukraine since Russia's invasion.

According to experts from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Trump administration is making a mistake by exerting constant pressure on Ukraine while at the same time having no public expectations of Russia.

Ukraine has considerable leverage in upcoming negotiations with Russia—as long as the United States stands by Kyiv and adopts a negotiating strategy that creates real dilemmas for Moscow. U.S. support for Ukraine has been cast into doubt in recent weeks after a flurry of comments by Trump administration officials offering unilateral concessions to Moscow and criticizing Ukraine.

The rupture of U.S. intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, confirmed by the CIA director, involves the targeting of longer-range strikes inside Russia.