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Britain and France have not ruled out sending troops to Ukraine as part of a European coalition, French media has reported, amid fears that the war is edging closer to becoming an all-out conflict between Russia and NATO. Discussions on sending troops from Western armies and private defence companies have been 'reactivated', according to French daily newspaper Le Monde, months after President Macron faced opposition from Western leaders over the suggestion. The talks have also been revisited amid concerns that US support for Kyiv could be pulled by president-elect Donald Trump when he enters office on January 20, sources reportedly...

Ukraine’s push to ease restrictions on the use of weapons from the United States and Britain will be discussed Friday in White House talks between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Ukraine and many of its supporters in the U.S. and Europe want Biden to let Kyiv use the weapons to strike military targets deeper inside Russia, and there are signs Biden might shift U.S. policy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened that Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons would put NATO at war with Moscow. Two U.S. officials familiar with discussions about the weapons said they believe Starmer...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine hopes that that billions of dollars that have been earmarked for the war effort will materialize.Some of the funds in question are to be financed from the proceeds of frozen Russian state assets.There have been many political declarations from Kiev's partners and many more are to be expected, Zelensky said in his evening video address on Wednesday. "But we need a real mechanism," he insisted.snipThe seven major Western industrialized nations (G7) agreed on new financial aid for Kiev at their summit in June. A generous loan totalling $50 billion is to be secured by...

French President Emmanuel Macron restated a previous commitment of making troops available for Ukraine, using an interview published Thursday to detail the issue would “legitimately” arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request