French President Emmanuel Macron tonight insisted that the world was ‘not at war with Russia or its people’, but only with Vladimir Putin. In a hard-hitting national TV address on Wednesday evening, the head of state addressed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. ‘There are no NATO troops or bases in Ukraine, and Russia has not been attacked,’ said Mr Macron, as multiple cities in Ukraine came under brutal attack. Portraying Russian president Vladimir Putin as ‘the aggressor' while standing in