French President Emmanuel Macron said the country would offer Ukraine financial assistance in the amount of 300 million euros and military equipment. On Friday, February 25, according to Reuters.

France also intends to speed up the deployment of its military in Romania, said Macron.

Earlier, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, called on the European Union to impose “the most severe” sanctions against Russia. Metsola noted that the new sanctions should be “urgent and strict, no one should hide from them”.