President Biden, first lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte Macron in Normandy, France on June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz President Biden celebrated the deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine during a speech in Normandy,...
The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that there will be "no immunity" from Russian strikes for Western troops deployed to Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces, a warning that comes as France is planning a deployment. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comments in response...
On Monday, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said France was planning to send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian troops, a step that would mark a significant escalation of NATO involvement in the proxy war. "I am pleased to welcome France's...
On Wednesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu held talks with his French counterpart, Sebastien Lecornu, and warned against France sending troops to Ukraine. Since February, French President Emmanuel Macron has been openly discussing the idea of the West...
The head of France's ground forces said in an op-ed published on Tuesday that the French Army is preparing for the "toughest engagements" amid talk from President Emmanuel Macron about sending troops to Ukraine. "To guard against aggression and defend its interests,...
French President Emmanuel Macron shows no sign of backing down on his bellicose rhetoric related to the war in Ukraine as he said in an interview published over the weekend that at "some point," Western ground operations in Ukraine may be necessary. "Maybe at some...
French President Emmanuel Macron has once again said NATO should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine despite the risk of direct war with Russia, which could quickly turn nuclear. Macron sparked an uproar when he first made the comments about NATO troops deploying...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday stood behind his comments about NATO not ruling out sending troops to Ukraine despite the uproar it caused and the warning it drew from Russia. "These are sufficiently serious issues; every one of the words that I say on...
France has rejected a call from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to give $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank funds to Ukraine, a step that would amount to outright theft. Yellen claimed there was a legal case to support handing the funds to Ukraine to fund...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the alliance has no plans to send combat troops to Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron stirred an uproar by saying the idea of deploying troops should not be ruled out. "NATO allies are providing...
