Ukraine, again in the spotlight at the Elysée. Emmanuel Macron will receive his Ukrainian counterpart on Monday 17 November for a working lunch which will be preceded by a joint press conference. “This visit will make it possible to reaffirm France’s commitment to Ukraine in the long term and maintain the momentum of the work carried out on the issue of security guarantees within the framework of the Coalition of Volunteers, whose last meeting was held on October 24, 2025,” specified Elysée in a press release. This is Volodymyr Zelensky’s ninth trip to France. Follow our live broadcast
Volodymyr Zelenky meets weapons manufacturers. The President of Ukraine will land at 09:30 at Villacoubaly airport. He then had a meeting with industrialists to discuss the weapons of the Rafale aircraft or the GMF 300 radar. In the afternoon, he had to participate in the French-Ukrainian forum on drones. In its press release, Elysée mentioned today “It will also allow the two leaders to discuss bilateral cooperation issues, especially in the fields of energy, economy and defense“.
New energy supply for Kyiv. Ukraine reached a deal on Sunday to bring gas from Greece, to meet its winter needs while the country’s gas infrastructure is targeted by Russian attacks. In October, Moscow took the lead largest bombing campaign against Ukrainian gas sites since the invasion began in 2022, disrupting 60% of production, the main source of fuel for heating.
Ahead, the Russian army was making progress. Vladimir Putin’s troops have Last week they claimed to have captured two villages in the Zaporizhia region, in southern Ukraine, while they announced this week that they had captured another two villages. Russia continues to advance in areas partially occupied by Moscow, although the front there is less active than in the East, where fighting is concentrated. In addition to fighting on the front lines, Russia continues to pound energy infrastructure across Ukraine with missiles and drones.
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