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Key European defence ministers meet in Paris to discuss Ukraine support

Defence ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK to discuss increasing military assistance to Ukraine.

Al Jazeera•

Defence ministers of key European countries are meeting in the French capital to discuss military support for Ukraine amid continuing Russia-Ukraine attacks.

A Russian strike on ⁠Ukraine’s southeastern city ⁠of Zaporizhzhia injured four people on Monday morning, according to regional Governor Mykhailo Semikin, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh killed two people and wounded 17, regional Governor Alexander Gusev said.

In Ukraine, two more people were injured in Russian strikes on the Chernihiv region, Ukraine’s emergency service ⁠said on Telegram on Monday.

The attack also caused fires at “a number of industrial businesses (without significant damage), a business centre in the central part of the city, and a residential building”, the governor added.