French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his support for Ukraine and reiterated his condemnation of an escalation in Russia's attacks against the country in a phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy,

During a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb discussed, in particular, support for Ukraine.

Russia has used a new hypersonic missile against Ukraine in response to Ukraine's use of US and British missiles inside Russian-held territory. Amid Russia's threats of a repeat response, it has upped its attacks with drones and other missiles.

A statement from Macron's office said Macron held his phone call with Zelenskiy on Friday, during which Macron "condemned in the strongest possible terms Russia's indiscriminate a