(2 Sep 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paris, France - 2 September 2024
1. Various of Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov being greeted by French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu
2. Various of welcoming ceremony with Umerov and Lecornu reviewing troops, meeting delegations
3. Umerov and Lecornu entering building
4. Various of Umerov and Lecornu attending meeting of French, Ukrainian delegations and private sector actors
STORYLINE:
French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart to Paris on Monday, in the wake of an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles launched by Russia at Kyiv.
Rustem Umerov led a Ukrainian delegation into several meetings with Lecornu, alongside representatives of defense contractors KNDS France and Safran.
In the early hours of Monday, a series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital.
Debris from intercepted missiles and drones fell in every district of Kyiv, wounding three people and damaging two kindergartens, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said.
City authorities reported multiple fires.
After more than 900 days of the war, Russia and Ukraine show no sign of letting up in the fight or moving closer to the negotiating table.
Both sides are pursuing ambitious ground offensives, with the Ukrainians driving into Russia’s Kursk region and the Russian army pushing deeper into the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine that is part of the industrial Donbas region.
AP video shot by Alexander Turnbull
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