thank you. friends, president emmanuel micron and said the russian invasion of ukraine is the beginning of a new era for europe in an address to the french nation. i crohn said he plans to step up investment in defense vending for france and the european union. the president also warned that the war in ukraine will hit the french economy hard in adding that this is the price for freedom and democracy armor did. earlier we asked you w correspondence, sonya felony car in paris for her take on macaroni speech. what stood out for me in that speech was that, you know, he started really by making a distinction between a russian president and, and the general population. you know, you really call this invasion of ukraine proteins war. and he said that, you know, frost stands with all russians who are against this war in ukraine. that is a pretty powerful message. i thought also you know, he needed to point to kind of saying that despite everything that had happened, the invasion and his own feel diplomatic efforts, he was going to keep communication channels open with president not to be put him not last week. present macro became one of the 1st western leader