War in Ukraine: after his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron affirms that it is “capital” to give Ukraine the means to defend itself

War in Ukraine: after his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron affirms that it is “capital” to give Ukraine the means to defend itself

“I reiterated this evening to President Zelensky our determination to stand alongside Ukraine and the Ukrainian people,” the French president declared on his social networks.

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French President Emmanuel Macron affirmed, Thursday, October 15, that Ukraine must be given the means it needs to defend itself against Russia, after an interview with Volodymyr Zelensky, who described their meeting as "productive." “While Russia is choosing to escalate because it is bogged down on the front, it is essential that we collectively give Ukraine all the necessary means to defend itself and to protect its civilian population and its infrastructure,” underlined the head of state in a message published on X. Follow our live stream.

France “can only gain” from its “cooperation” with kyiv, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. Marine Le Pen affirmed on Wednesday that she would “maintain financial aid to Ukraine for six months” if she is elected in 2027, but that beyond that, she would “cease” financial support because France, according to her, “no longer has the means”. To which the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, replied on Thursday that France "can only gain" from its "cooperation" with Ukraine, particularly in terms of weapons technologies. “We give back,” he assured in an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday, estimating that “Madame Le Pen does not master certain details well.”

Russia says Ukraine targeted a refinery southeast of Moscow. A Ukrainian drone and missile attack targeted an oil site in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, on Thursday. While Ukraine claims not to have attacked a Russian energy installation for three days in order to satisfy a request from the United States, Volodymyr Zelensky deplored, earlier Thursday, Russian operations on these same infrastructures in Ukraine.

Has the US government slowed down Starshield? Elon Musk said Wednesday that any slowdown in Ukraine's Starshield military network is due to the U.S. government. Ukraine had reported restrictions on the use of the satellite network, hampering much of kyiv's aerial drone action and air defense.

Fifteen dead in strikes in Ukraine. Russian strikes killed 15 people and damaged energy infrastructure in Ukraine on Wednesday. Six people died in an attack in Lutsk, in the west of the country, and at least two people were killed in strikes on the central region of Kirovograd, according to the authorities.