A Franco-British mission will travel to Ukraine "in the coming days" to "prepare the structure of what the Ukrainian army of tomorrow will look like," announces French President Emmanuel Macron during a press briefing following the Ukraine Security summit in Paris. European leaders agreed that sanctions against Russia should not be lifted, and instead ramped up, until Moscow halts its war against Ukraine.
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00:00We have agreed that the British Prime Minister and I will give a mandate to our Chiefs of
00:09Staff of the Armies so that a French-British team can be delegated in the next few days
00:14in Ukraine and can work very closely with our Ukrainian partners, who have also agreed
00:20on this mechanism, to prepare, precisely, in all areas, the format, what will be the
00:27format of the Ukrainian army of tomorrow.
00:29A mandate that was given to us by our colleagues and, in fact, they asked us, with the Prime
00:35Minister Starmer, to ensure together the co-piloting of this coalition and to be able to coordinate
00:43the initiatives together, the reports, to keep, precisely, the momentum that is ours.
00:48And so, with the Prime Minister Starmer, we will assume this responsibility together
00:54to co-pilot this action coalition for a peaceful, solid and sustainable future.