France will provide €2 billion of extra military aid to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said, accusing Russia of reinterpreting and rewriting recent limited ceasefire deals.
"I can announce today €2bn of extra military support to Ukraine," Mr Macron said alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris.
Mr Macron added that anti-tank missiles, surface-to-air missiles, armoured vehicles and drones were part of the new military equipment to be provided to Ukraine.
More Mirage fighter jets would also be provided.
The two leaders were speaking ahead of a summit of some 30 leaders tomorrow aimed at bolstering aid to Ukraine, discussing the limited ceasefires and a future European role to deter Russia from attacks once there is a negotiated deal.
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"Ukraine gave its agreement to a ceasefire without conditions. We expect the same commitment from Russia," Mr Macron said, adding that it was too early to lift European sanctions on Russia.
"I see today that Russia's will is to rewrite and reinterpret what was discussed and agreed by listing new conditions.
"Far from proving it wants peace, Russia continues each day to strike intensively Ukraine territory."
The French President also said Russia must accept a 30-day ceasefire offered by Ukraine "without preconditions", accusing Russia of still showing a "desire for war".
Mr Macron said this was now a "decisive phase to put an end to the war of aggression" waged by Russia and hailed Ukraine for having "taken the risk of peace".
Ukraine, Russia truce agreements falter within hours
Ukraine and Russia have accused one another of flouting a truce on energy strikes brokered by the United States, while conditions set by Russia have cast doubt over a planned ceasefire in the Black Sea.
The United States announced separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia yesterday to pause their strikes in the Black Sea and against each other's energy targets, but the rhetoric from Russia and Ukraine suggested they remained far apart.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the US side told Ukraine the deals were effective as soon as they were announced.
However, the Kremlin said the Black Sea one would not enter force until a sanctioned Russian state bank was reconnected to the international payment system, a step that Europe said would not happen until the "unconditional" withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
The Kremlin meanwhile contends it has already been implementing a pause on energy attacks since 18 March, though a senior Ukrainian presidential official said Russia had attacked eight Ukrainian energy facilities since that date.
On paper, the agreements are a tangible step towards a ceasefire after Russia launched its 2022 invasion, unleashing the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II that rages on along a 1,000km front line.
Led by US President Donald Trump, who has said he wants a quick peace, the United States published two separate joint statements with Russia and Ukraine yesterday outlining the deals, but neither document set out a clear timeline for their implementation.
Overnight, Russia said it had taken down nine drones, including two over the Black Sea.
It also said Ukraine tried to attack a gas storage facility in Russian-occupied Crimea and energy infrastructure in Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions.
Ukraine said it conducted no such strikes.
Ukraine's military reported 117 Russian drone attacks overnight.
Local officials said the city of Kryvyi Rih had been hit by the biggest drone attack it has faced yet.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United States to further sanction Russia, which he said was clearly not pursuing a "real peace" after the latest night of Russian drone attacks.
"Launching such large-scale attacks after ceasefire negotiations is a clear signal to the whole world that Moscow is not going to pursue real peace," Mr Zelensky wrote on X.
EU says it will not budge on sanctions while Russian troops in Ukraine
Diplomats have said that most of the curbs the Kremlin says should be lifted before a Black Sea truce comes into effect relate to European Union sanctions and restrictions.
The EU said it was not targeting trade in food, grain or fertilisers in any way and made clear it would not budge on sanctions while Russian forces remained in Ukraine.
"The end of the Russian unprovoked and unjustified aggression in Ukraine and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian military forces from the entire territory of Ukraine would be one of the main preconditions to amend or lift sanctions," a spokesperson for the EU's executive commission said.
Nightly Russian drone attacks have been a feature of life in Ukrainian cities for many months.
Power outages have also been frequent as missiles have hammered the power grid, although Russian attacks have targeted gas facilities more recently.
Ukraine has used drones to hit Russian oil facilities to strike back at its larger foe.
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Mr Zelensky said: "Everyone who was affected must be given assistance. But there must also be clear pressure and strong action from the world on Russia - more pressure, more sanctions from the United States - to stop Russian strikes."
The Ukrainian statements did not say that Russia had hit energy infrastructure with its latest attack.
At least 15 explosions detonated in Mr Zelensky's home town of Kryvyi Rih overnight during a Russian drone attack, though no one was killed or injured, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration.
"Apparently, this is how the occupiers 'want peace'," he said.
Seven Russian drones were shot down over the southern region of Mykolaiv, whose port provides access to the Black Sea and has been closed since Russia's full-scale invasion, the governor said.
In the city of Okhtyrka in the border region of Sumy, the local governor said Russian drones damaged two apartment buildings, an administrative building, four shops, 14 market stands and other non-residential buildings.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports from either side about the various attacks.
Ukraine said it shot down 56 drones in total and that another 48 had been "lost", a term usually used to refer to drones suppressed by electronic warfare defences. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
