Ukraine-Russia war – latest: Moscow ready to strike French troops as UK sends Kyiv 1,000 drones

Russia is ready to strike French troops if they are sent to Ukraine to help train Kyiv’s soldiers, the Kremlin has suggested. Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said French trainers would come to Ukraine “soon” last week, which was downplayed by both Paris and Kyiv. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said: “No instructor involved in training the Ukrainian military has immunity. It doesn’t matter whether they’re French or not.”