French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met at the country residence of the British prime ministers. One of the topics of their conversation was Ukraine, according to the Elysee Palace communiqué.

With its soldiers trained in France and high-profile endorsements from the French and Ukrainian presidents, the "Anne of Kyiv" brigade was supposed to be a flagship unit for Ukraine's army.- 'Unique' - French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of the Anne of Kyiv brigade -- named after a Middle Ages Kyiv princess that married into the French royal family -- during last year's commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

In a speech delivered against a backdrop of geopolitical turmoil, French President Emmanuel Macron's lays out his country's foreign policy priorities.

A French army official confirmed to AFP on Jan. 6 that several dozen Ukrainian soldiers serving in the 155th "Anne of Kyiv" Mechanized Brigade deserted while undergoing military training in France.

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Ukraine Monday to have "realistic" expectations on territory as its fight against the Russian invasion heads into a fourth year, saying he saw no "quick

Several dozen Ukrainian soldiers have deserted while training in France, a French army official told AFP on Monday.

Ukraine's land forces commander on Monday admitted there were "problems" with an army unit partly trained in France after reports that many of its soldiers had deserted.

A key factor in the desertion rate, Butusov wrote, was that many in the unit had been forcibly recruited off Ukraine's streets. About 50 men also went AWOL while the unit was training in France ...

About 1,700 soldiers from a Ukrainian unit equipped by the West and trained in France went AWOL before firing a shot.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot doesn’t think the U.S. president-elect would actually try to capture the Arctic island by force.

The 155th Mechanised Brigade spent nine months training in Ukraine, Poland, and France, as part of an ambitious plan to form 14 new brigades equipped with advanced Western weapons. But critics ...

The 155th Mechanised Brigade, dubbed "Anne of Kyiv", was one of several military groupings formed last year as Ukraine sought to boost preparations for possible new Russian offensives. The unit is made up of 4,500 soldiers, with France training roughly half of them and providing equipment.