Moscow vehemently denounced Emmanuel Macron for what it termed "vulgar insults" after the French president characterized Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a "predator" and an "ogre." During an interview with LCI last week, Macron cautioned European leaders against trusting Putin. "For his own survival, he needs to keep eating... That means he is a predator, an ogre at our gates," Macron said. In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow that Macron constantly makes strange statements that sometimes cross the line of decency and turn into "low-grade insults." "This is unworthy of a head of state," she said. Russia has long criticized France's support for Ukraine, accusing Paris of provoking the conflict.