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France exchanges Russian wanted by US for jailed academic

A French academic jailed in Russia is back home after a prisoner exchange that sent a Russian basketball player wanted by the ...

Russia says any foreign forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’, after UK and France pledge troops

Russia doubled down on its longstanding position of declaring Western forces in Ukraine “legitimate targets” on Thursday, days after France and the UK pledged to send troops there in the event of a ...

France and UK commit to deploying troops to Ukraine if ceasefire is agreed with Russia

France and the U.K. signed a “Declaration of Intent” on Tuesday to send their forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal ...

Russia Says Foreign Troops in Ukraine Would Be Targets After UK and France Pledge Post-Ceasefire Deployment

Russia, which staged a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, says it was forced to intervene in order to prevent Ukraine from being absorbed into NATO and used as a launchpad to threaten ...

The Kremlin says Moscow made an offer to France regarding a French citizen imprisoned in Russia

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges.

UK and France agree to send troops to Ukraine in event of peace deal with Russia

The United Kingdom and France have agreed to deploy forces in Ukraine if it strikes a peace deal with Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in a renewed push by Western leaders to ...