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Exactly one month after Vladimir Putin launched what many predicted would be a lightning offensive, FRANCE 24 takes you to Irpin, one of those frontline suburbs of the capital Kyiv where Ukrainians now claim to be on the counter-offensive. Is it a turning point? Or are the Russians – who enjoy air supremacy – simply taking a breather while they pound major urban centres?
An old Soviet-era air base in Albania is set to become a tactical base of operations for NATO.
From civilians under fire to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the call has been the same: for a no-fly zone. So far, NATO has refused point blank. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks for the Alliance with his flat refusal to close the sky over Ukraine. Now with a Russian air strike just 60 kilometres from the border of Poland, a NATO state, the hypothetical question becomes more real. Will NATO strike back?
Defence, spiralling energy prices and EU enlargement look set to top the agenda as Europe's leaders hold talks at the Palace of Versailles near Paris.
"A Russian is a Russian" the old Finnish saying goes, "even if you fry him in butter."
Beyond control of Ukrainian air space, there is the control of money flows, with a US-led push to cut credit and credit cards to Russia and now, Washington's call to cut imports of Russian oil and gas. It can't be done on a dime. Can Europeans do it all?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has signed a decree allowing NATO troops to move through and be stationed in the country.
Ukraine has welcomed military aid – some $350 million extra from Washington – but calls for more. A no-fly zone perhaps, to keep Russian jets out of Ukrainian skies? Or would such a move simply risk further esclation?