At a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace with Polish President Andrzej Duda and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron says he hopes the counter-offensive in Ukraine would be "as victorious as possible, so that we can then launch a phase of negotiations under the right conditions." The French president also confirms that France would continue to "intensify" its military aid to Ukraine in its war with neighboring Russia. (COMPLETES VIDI33JA2GR_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES