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.
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
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.
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.
About 1,700 soldiers from a Ukrainian unit equipped by the West and trained in France went AWOL before firing a shot.
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 ...
France summoned Iran’s ambassador on Friday to protest over the case of three of its citizens whose detention conditions the foreign ministry said were akin to torture.
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 ...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot doesn’t think the U.S. president-elect would actually try to capture the Arctic island by force.