PARIS — The explosion on the Crimean bridge and later Moscow’s bombardment of cities across Ukraine have dominated discussions in the French media and foreign ministry over the past several days, with President Emmanuel Macron declaring the Russian strikes signal a “profound change” in the nature of the war.
Why it matters: France is preparing to respond on multiple fronts, three senior French officials tell Axios. That includes looking with "a new sense of urgency" at providing much-needed air defense systems to “help Ukraine quickly,” one senior official says.
