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PARIS: British and French military leaders visited Kyiv this week to discuss how to reinforce the Ukrainian military and support the country in the aftermath of its conflict with Russia, according to France\u2019s Thierry Burkhard on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Friday, Burkhard, along with British Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky, and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.<\/p>\n French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are leading European efforts to send a "reassurance force" to Ukraine once the fighting triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion in 2022 comes to an end.<\/p>\n Ukraine has expressed that Russia is not interested in a ceasefire.<\/p>\n This visit by the French and British military leaders coincided with a tragic Russian missile strike in Zelensky\u2019s home city of Kryvyi Rih, which claimed the lives of at least 18 individuals, including nine children, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n Zelensky described the meeting with Burkhard and Radakin as \u201cfundamental.\u201d He stated, \u201cWe are discussing our military presence on land, in the air, and at sea, along with air defense and various other sensitive topics,\u201d without providing further details.<\/p>\n Ukrainian drones also reportedly attacked an industrial facility in Russia\u2019s Mordovia, as confirmed by the governor.<\/strong><\/p>\n Zelensky mentioned that military meetings would occur weekly, emphasizing that their partners are increasingly aware of Ukraine’s needs.<\/p>\n Burkhard highlighted that they had deliberated "reassurance options" that could be provided through an international coalition. \u201cOur aim is to ensure a lasting and solid peace in Ukraine, which is vital for the security of Europe,\u201d he shared on social media.<\/p>\n The main purpose of the joint visit was to \u201cmaintain strong support\u201d for the Ukrainian forces so they can keep defending against Russian aggression, he noted. Additionally, the leaders aimed to establish a long-term strategy for rebuilding and transforming the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PARIS: British and French military leaders visited Kyiv this week to discuss how to reinforce the Ukrainian military and support the country in the aftermath of its conflict with Russia, according to France\u2019s Thierry Burkhard on Saturday. On Friday, Burkhard, along with British Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[10646,10645,1111,3480,3482,10647,10648],"class_list":["post-9368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-british-military-chief","tag-french-military-chief","tag-russia","tag-russias-invasion-of-ukraine","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-peace-deal","tag-ukraine-russia-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}