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Zelensky adviser: Ukraine can win war in '3 to 6 months' if it gets heavy weapons soon

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke to FRANCE 24 a day after the visit of the French, German, Italian and Romanian leaders to Kyiv and Irpin. While welcoming this display of European unity with Ukraine, Podolyak called for more heavy weapons to be sent to his…

France 24

Macron Aims for Surge in Number of French Tech Unicorns by 2030

French President Emmanuel Macron, who sees growth in the country's tech sector as crucial to his plans to boost the overall economy, said on Friday he was hoping for a surge in the number of French tech "unicorns" or start-ups by 2030. Macron said he wanted the number of French…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

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Cleaner who led pay strike faces former minister in Paris election

Rachel Keke, who coordinated successful strike for better pay and conditions, takes on Macron’s former sports minister

The Guardian - UK

Former hotel housekeeper aims to give French workers a voice

A former hotel housekeeper has become a symbol of the recent revival of France’s left-wing

The Independent UK

Final campaign push as parliamentary polls put France's Macron to the test

President Emmanuel Macron and his allies are making one last push for votes ahead of Sunday's final round of parliamentary elections. The French leader could lose his overall majority in the face of a left-wing alliance, complicating his plans for a second term of reforms.

Radio France Internationale

Russian state TV in chilling suggestion Macron should have been bombed in Kyiv

TV anchor Yevgeny Popov somehow managed to link the French, German and Italian leaders being in Ukraine as proof that there was no 'war' but only a limited Russian military operation

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‘Way too cool’: Zelensky earns praise at EU leaders meeting for clothes and attitude

Ukraine leader was also compared to GI Joe

The Independent UK

EU says Ukraine should be given candidate status to join bloc

Commission also recommends candidate status for Moldova but gives more guarded response to Georgia

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine moves step closer to EU membership as it is granted candidate status

President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was ‘the first step on the EU membership path that’ll certainly bring our victory closer’

The Independent UK

European Commission backs Ukraine for EU candidate status

Commission gives a fast-tracked opinion on membership of the bloc before a summit of EU leaders on June 23-24.

Al Jazeera

France's Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option

France's president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia for now to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were talks to regenerate rail routes linking Odesa to the Danube in Romania as an alternative.

Reuters

French legislative elections: The second round, by the numbers

Voters in France are heading back to the polls for a fourth time in two months as legislative elections conclude on Sunday, hot on the heels of April's presidential vote. Some 48.5 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in 572 run-off races across the country, with results due…

France 24

France's Macron: I will continue to speak to Putin whenever useful

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a BFM television interview that while France will do all it can to help Ukraine win its war with Russia, he will continue to speak with Russia President Vladimir Putin "each time it will be useful".

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The Guardian - UK

International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened

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France 24

Live: Putin says attempts to hammer Russian economy have ‘failed’

The European Commission has recommended that Ukraine be granted European Union candidate status, its president, Ursula von der Leyen, said during a press conference on Friday, a day after the bloc's most powerful leaders visited Kyiv. The humanitarian situation across Ukraine and particularly in the eastern Donbas region is “extremely…

Daily Mirror

Zelensky looks grim-faced as Macron leans in for an awkward hug in Kyiv

President Zelensky looked away as Macron - who has been criticised for his recent comments on the conflict - repeatedly attempted to engage the Ukraine leader in gestures of friendship

Reuters

EU backs Ukraine's membership bid to 'live the European dream'

The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc, reaching out deep into the former Soviet Union for what would be a major geopolitical shift following Russia's Ukraine invasion.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 16)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

France's Macron says up to Ukraine to decide on potential territorial concessions

Ukraine alone should decide whether or not to accept any territorial concessions towards Russia in view of ending the war, French President Emmanuel Macron told TF1 television in an interview as he visited Kyiv.

France 24

Ready for the EU? Leaders in Kyiv pledge arms, candidate status for Ukraine

What does EU candidate status for Ukraine really mean, and what have Europe's leaders really offered Volodymyr Zelensky? In the end, it was more just than a photo op. On a visit to Kyiv, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Mario Draghi and Klaus Iohannis backed the idea of Ukraine joining the…

Evening Standard

European leaders support fast-tracking Ukraine’s bid to join EU

European leaders have said they support Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

France, Germany, Italy and Romania back Ukraine's bid to join EU

French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged his support for Ukraine's campaign to join the European Union. His backing came during a visit to the country with the leaders of Germany, Romania and Italy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskiy after Meeting EU Leaders: The More Arms we Get, the Faster Ukraine Can Free its Land

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia's invasion amounted to aggression against all Europe and that the more weapons Ukraine receives from the West, the faster it will be able to liberate its occupied land. He told a news conference he had discussed the possibility of further sanctions…

The Independent UK

Medvedev launches bizarre rant at ‘fans of frogs’ as Macron and EU leaders visit Ukraine

Dmitry Medvedev, a close Putin ally, said the trip by EU leaders would have ‘zero use’

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