French President Emmanuel Macron spoke exclusively to RFI and its sister television France 24, Wednesday, about the twin challenges confronting Europe and the Middle East. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York,

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday reconnaissance drones had violated Ukrainian airspace, citing a preliminary military assessment that they had flown from Hungary to check the industrial potential of western border areas.

ANALYSIS: Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine was "in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form" — a notable shift appearing to reflect growing frustration with Russia.

President Trump issued a detailed ultimatum to European nations about buying oil and gas from Russia "while they're fighting Russia" on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. "The only question now is how many more lives will be needlessly lost on both sides,

They know by now that, at the moment, Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in stopping his offensives, and they fear that shifting American priorities may leave Ukraine without a critical source of support.

Oil prices were rising as the EU targets Russia's oil supplies and Ukraine intensifies its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, MUFG's Soojin Kim wrote. In morning trade in Europe, Brent crude traded up 0.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest, faces heightened risks from intensified attacks, raising alarms of a potential radioactive disaster that could impact all of Europe.

EU defence ministers held a hastily arranged meeting on Friday after Russian manned and unmanned aircraft repeatedly crossed into European airspace in recent weeks, prompting calls for the continent to develop a “drone wall”.