President Emmanuel Macron says “France has been alongside Ukraine since day one”, adding that it “must resist and win”
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy are in Kyiv for high-level talks
Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi aim to counter criticisms of their support and offer help – “financial and humanitarian, but also… weapons”
The trio inspected war damage on a visit to the town of Irpin which Russian troops occupied at the war’s start
Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Kremlin figure, mocks the visit, saying “fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti” love going to Kyiv with “zero use”
Meanwhile, 10,000 civilians are trapped in the embattled eastern city of Severodonetsk, a reginal governor says.
BBC
