Emmanuel Macron will explain Thursday evening to the French on the issues of support for Ukraine. His controversial comments on the possible sending of Western soldiers, in the face of an increasingly “threatening” Russia in Europe.

The interview on the 8:00 p.m. television news on TF1 and France 2 will also de facto mark his entry into the campaign. “The president will report on the situation in an educational manner,” summarizes a close friend, after the signing of the bilateral security agreement with kyiv.