Emmanuel Macron at a press conference at the end of the Extraordinary European Council, Brussels, March 6, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP. As soon as the European Cou

France plans to extend its nuclear deterrence to European allies, creating tension with Russia. President Macron's statements led to a strong reaction from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Lavrov accused France of nuclear blackmail and warned that Russia would consider this in its defense strategy.

Russian troops have launched a large-scale offensive across western Kursk, to reclaim territory seized by Ukraine last summer.Major General Apti Alaudinov, commander of a Chechen unit fighting for Russia in Kursk,

Russia will seek a peace deal in Ukraine that safeguards its own long-term security and will not retreat from the gains it has made in the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in comments to relatives of soldiers killed there.

France and Britain are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine that would cover air, sea and energy infrastructure attacks but not include ground fighting, French President

The US president's comments on his ceasefire negotiations with Russia and Ukraine came after he said he was 'strongly' considering imposing tariffs on Moscow after large-scale overnight attacks on the wartorn country.

Russia has warned the UK it will view the deployment of British and European troops in Ukraine as a declaration of war against Moscow. The dire warning comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity by European leaders as they scramble to increase military aid to Ukraine and boost general defence spending.

The UN Security Council absolved the Russian Federation of "blame" for the conflict on Ukraine, extending it to the instigators and perpetrators. This paves the way for peace talks and the end of the war,

A pillar of French sovereignty and source of national pride, France’s nuclear deterrent has long served as a symbol of the country’s independence from Washington. But as Europe’s faith in American

Under what conditions could France – the only nuclear power in the EU since Brexit – provide deterrence on a European scale now that US protection against Russia is not guaranteed?

France's president warned of Russia's threat and suggested other European countries could sit under the French nuclear umbrella.