In Chaumont, the Chaumont-Semoutiers Drone School, opened in July 2023, is the French Army's only training centre dedicated to drone operations. At a time when drones play a decisive role in modern warfare, this expertise has particular relevance in the context of Ukraine. During her visit to Ukraine, the Mayor of Chaumont attended a drone demonstration in Kyiv, organized with the French team ...
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On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Olivier Faure, First Secretary of the Socialist Party and Member of Parliament, and Nora Mebarek, Member of the European Parliament, travelled to Ukraine to express their solidarity with the Ukrainian people and meet with political leaders and representatives of civil society. In Bucha, a city forever marked by the atrocitie...
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In Rennes, Loïg Chesnais-Girard, President of the Brittany Region, welcomed Oleksandr Prokudin, Governor of Kherson Oblast, for the official signing of a cooperation agreement between the Brittany Region and Kherson Oblast. This meeting, built on months of dialogue and concrete commitments, reflects a friendship that goes beyond borders. Last October, Vadym Omelchenko, Ukraine's Ambassador to...
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French support is reaching Ukraine. And international solidarity continues to make a real difference. In a context of extreme urgency, the city of Nantes demonstrates, through the rapid mobilization of €30,000 in emergency aid, the essential role that French local authorities can play alongside the Ukrainian population, particularly in Kherson. Across Ukraine, temperatures have dropped to as ...
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Decentralisation: Who Does What? Understanding Local Governance to Strengthen Cooperation On Tuesday, 27 January, the 4th MistoMatch webinar brought together participants to explore how local governments operate in France and Ukraine. During the session, French and Ukrainian experts presented and compared the organisation of local authorities in both countries, providing participants with a c...
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Ukraine: Cold as a Weapon of War As Ukraine endures an exceptional cold wave, with temperatures dropping as low as –20°C, Russia is intensifying its air strikes against civilian energy infrastructure.Electricity, district heating, and distribution networks are being methodically targeted to trigger a humanitarian crisis in the middle of winter. In Kyiv, millions of residents are experiencing ...
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After a night train from Lviv, Chef Thierry Marx continued his visit to Ukraine in Kyiv. In Kyiv, cooking and training were at the heart of the exchanges during a meeting organized with Expertise France in Ukraine, Культура їжі | Cult Food, and the French Embassy in Ukraine, held at the offices of UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group. The evening was opened by Gael Veyssiere, French Ambassador to Ukra...
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Chef Thierry Marx traveled to Ukraine a few days before the end-of-year holidays, accompanied by Caroline Leclercq, Deputy Mayor of the City of Le Havre—partner city of Mariupol (Маріупольська міська рада)—as well as teams from Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s) and Stand With Ukraine. Lviv was the first stop of this visit. The day began at the Field of Mars, a military cemetery where many Ukrainian de...
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Cooking together as therapy, as an act of resilience, and as a contribution to Ukraine’s reconstructionOn Sunday in Kyiv, cooking became far more than a culinary art. It emerged as a space for rebuilding, transmission, and human connection, in the service of those whose lives have been profoundly disrupted by war. On the occasion of the visit to Ukra...
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Winter 2025–2026 is shaping up to be critical for civilian populations in Ukraine.Russian strikes are now targeting not only energy infrastructure—power plants and transmission lines—but also the entire energy supply chain. Since late 2024 and throughout 2025, attacks on energy infrastructure have intensified sharply: more than 80% of the territory has experienced power outages lasting up to 1...
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