France will deliver new interceptor missiles to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday, following a Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih that killed at least 16 people and injured more than 130, including 23 children.
Macron expressed horror and solidarity in a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which Zelenskyy said lasted nearly two hours and covered air defence needs, funding, and communications with Washington. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the Kryvyi Rih attack as "terror by design". Separate Russian strikes killed four people in Kyiv on Friday, while Ukrainian drone offensives caused casualties inside Russia.
A volunteer coalition meeting will convene Monday in Kyiv, coinciding with Ukraine's Independence Day, co-chaired by Macron, Friedrich Merz, and Andy Burnham. Ukraine has also launched retaliatory strikes targeting a Russian oil refinery and Black Sea assets.