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It looks like we might soon witness the emergence of a “European Shield.” Today’s visit to Kyiv is no coincidence. A promising European security alliance is taking shape — potentially as an alternative to NATO. The United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, and of course, Ukraine. According to public data for 2025, the combined military spending of France, Germany, Poland, the […]

Ukraine proposes to create joint ventures with French companies that produce weapons, according to specific needs. Several projects have been suggested, which could potentially be financed using the interest from frozen Russian assets. This was stated by Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense Serhiy Boyev during a meeting with France’s Special Representative for Ukraine Assistance and Reconstruction, Pierre Elbron, as reported […]

Yevheniia Kutnova: Regarding possible further scenarios, it is known that Macron will discuss the deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine with Poland. Essentially, the idea is that around 5 brigades would be stationed on Ukrainian territory along the demarcation line, requiring 40,000 military personnel, with Poland proposed to lead one of these brigades. Roman Hryhorovych, when we talk about such a […]

A march in memory of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russian invaders was organized in Paris on the eve of the Olympics. Its initiator was the Union of Ukrainians of France with the support of the World Congress of Ukrainians. More than 1,000 people joined the march to honor 488 Ukrainian athletes killed by russians. In addition to Ukrainians, the French, […]

Budapest memorandum: how legal security guarantees for Ukraine turns to global security system destabilisation. Andrii Bezsmertnyi put the story of the Budapest Memorandum on the shelves. Or, as it is more accurately called, the Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It was signed on December 5, 1994, in […]

If we summarize the “political good news” on the last few days which made possible providing the US aid to Ukraine, we can see the following: The events in the Middle East contributed to the aid from the United States (the united defense of non-NATO Israel by the United Kingdom and France in the democratic world showed double standards in […]

Why do French parties and the media criticize Macron so harshly for his position on Ukraine? They continue to live in the paradigm that someone will liberate them again if necessary, but they do not want to … As it was in the Second World War, they surrendered to Hitler because they were “worried” about the architecture of French cities […]

Macron’s proposal to send NATO troops to Ukraine opens up a ‘terrifying scenario’.  French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal that Europe could send ground troops to Ukraine opens up a “terrifying scenario.”  This was stated by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Censor.NET reports citing Vatican News.  “It’s frightening. Because it will bring about the escalation we have always sought to avoid. I’m not saying it would be an apocalyptic scenario, […]

French leader Emmanuel Macron will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Before that, on February 7, Macron will meet Russian President Putin in Moscow. French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Ukraine on February 8, as reported by a source in the Office of the President of Ukraine. The French leader will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Yesterday, the head of the Ukrainian state […]

Ukraine’s shipbuilding companies have signed a contract with French partners to build five ships for the State Border Guard Service in Mykolayiv. According to Deputy Interior Minister  Serhiy Honcharov, “Within the framework of this project, it was important for Ukraine to localize and involve Ukrainian companies in production. As a result of the agreement, we will be able not only to create […]

On July 21, a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group will be held via video conference, during which the following issues will be considered: ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation; improving the control mechanism; implementation of the Minsk agreements and the results of the Paris summit, etc. This is stated in the message by the Ukrainian […]

Ukrainian MP met with a French parliamentarian who fell ill with COVID-19. Oleh Voloshyn, Ukrainian MP from Opposition Platform - For Life, visited France in late February to meet with National Assembly Member Jean-Luc Reitzer, who was infected with COVID-19 and is now in intensive care