Macron heads to Moscow in bid to ease Ukraine tensions

Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, pictured in 2019 (AP)

French president Emmanuel Macron is set to hold talks in Moscow in a bid to to help de-escalate the tense situation around Ukraine.

The concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine has fuelled Western worries that it heralds a possible invasion, with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warning on Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day”, triggering a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost”.