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Macron mulls stripping top French honour from Putin

Situation complicated by fact that Ukraine’s wartime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now been bestowed with France’s légion d'honneur.

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Ukraine’s wartime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now been bestowed with France’s highest medal of honor. But there’s a problem: Russian president Vladimir Putin has the same medal, reports The Independent

French president Emmanuel Macron pinned the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor medal on Zelenskyy’s chest after the two met in the French presidential palace Thursday, a move Macron said was meant to show France’s “immense" recognition for Ukraine's valor since Russia invaded it a year ago.

Some French legislators and activists have called on Macron to rescind Putin’s award because of the war.

Read more of this report from The Independent