{"id":570096,"date":"2025-11-14T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570096\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:30:32","slug":"france-vows-unwavering-support-for-ukraine-targets-russias-shadow-oil-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570096\/","title":{"rendered":"France vows &#8216;unwavering&#8217; support for Ukraine, targets Russia\u2019s shadow oil fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin on Friday reaffirmed Paris\u2019 long-term support for Ukraine and urged stronger European action against Russia\u2019s sanctions-evading \u201cshadow fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary,\u201d she said at a joint news conference in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Vautrin said Kyiv remains \u201con the front line of the war Russia launched from day one,\u201d stressing that Ukraine\u2019s defense is central to Europe\u2019s overall security.<\/p>\n<p>She confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Vautrin also pointed to ongoing efforts to disrupt Russia\u2019s so-called shadow fleet\u2014 \u201cseveral hundred ships,\u201d she said, used to export oil in violation of EU restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Macron has been clear: we must increase the pressure to dismantle this economic model, which is one of the main financial pillars of Russia\u2019s war effort,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Vautrin said France and the UK are jointly leading a coalition of willing states preparing long-term security guarantees for Ukraine once conditions for a ceasefire are in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first of these guarantees is, of course, the Ukrainian forces themselves,\u201d she said. \u201cThey must be able to regenerate in order to deter Russia from launching another large-scale attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vautrin added that Moscow is not only attacking Ukraine but also testing \u201cthe resilience and unity of our alliance,\u201d arguing that Europe\u2019s response \u201ccannot be limited to words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She called for strengthening the European pillar of NATO, improving EU-NATO coordination, and investing more in Europe\u2019s defense industry.<\/p>\n<p>On recent drone activity in EU airspace, Vautrin said ministers reviewed the issue from \u201coperational, technical, and political angles,\u201d stressing the need to distinguish between defending against drones and establishing responsibility for each incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must be absolutely certain about attribution before naming any country,\u201d she said, adding that protecting strategic sites remains a shared priority for all participating states.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL\u00a0 French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin on Friday reaffirmed Paris\u2019 long-term support for Ukraine and urged stronger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[5340,2574,61997,1411,332,657,14432],"class_list":{"0":"post-570096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-berlin","10":"tag-catherine-vautrin","11":"tag-paris","12":"tag-russia","13":"tag-ukraine","14":"tag-zelenskyy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115548771043296326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}