巴黎-法国承诺为英国提供额外的军事援助乌克兰周日，包括轻型坦克、装甲车、士兵训练和其他援助，乌克兰正准备反击俄罗斯军队，此前乌克兰总统和法国总统在巴黎举行了意外会谈。
乌克兰的沃洛季米尔·泽伦斯基和法国埃马纽埃尔·马克龙在法国总统爱丽舍宫进行了大约三个小时的会面——这次会面一直保密，直到这位乌克兰领导人乘坐法国政府专机从德国抵达巴黎，开始了他的欧洲多站之旅。
随着乌克兰计划发动攻势，希望夺回被俄罗斯占领的领土，军事援助成了首要议题。马克龙的办公室表示，法国将在“未来几周”提供数十辆轻型坦克和装甲车，但没有给出具体数字。还承诺了更多的防空系统，但同样细节没有公开。
马克龙的办公室表示，更多的乌克兰人也将做好战斗准备，法国的目标是今年在法国培训约2000名乌克兰士兵，在波兰培训近4000名乌克兰士兵，作为更广泛的欧洲努力的一部分。
在一份声明中，法国称其对乌克兰独立、主权和领土完整的支持是“坚定不移的”，并承诺其政治、经济、人道主义和军事援助将“视需要而定”。
泽伦斯基在抵达后的推特上说:“随着每次访问，乌克兰的防御和进攻能力都在扩大。与欧洲的联系越来越紧密，俄罗斯面临的压力也越来越大。”
法国向乌克兰提供了一系列武器装备，包括防空系统、轻型坦克、榴弹炮以及其他武器装备和燃料。
法国派出一架飞机在德国接回泽伦斯基，周日早些时候，他在德国会见了总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨，并讨论了法国的反攻计划。泽伦斯基表示，其目标是解放乌克兰国际公认边界内的俄罗斯占领区，而不是攻击俄罗斯领土。
《华盛顿邮报》援引此前未披露的美国情报泄露文件称，泽伦斯基曾考虑试图占领俄罗斯本土的一些地区，以作为和平谈判的筹码，结束莫斯科2022年2月发动的战争。这将使他与西方政府产生分歧，西方政府坚持认为，他们提供的武器不得用于攻击俄罗斯境内的目标。
当被问及这份报告时，泽伦斯基说:“我们不攻击俄罗斯领土，我们解放自己的合法领土。”
“我们既没有时间也没有力量(去攻击俄罗斯)，”据一名官方翻译称。"我们也没有多余的武器来做这件事."
泽伦斯基说:“我们正准备根据宪法规定的合法边界，对非法占领的地区进行反击，这是国际公认的。”
仍被俄罗斯占领的地区包括克里米亚半岛和乌克兰东部的部分地区，那里的人口主要讲俄语。
一架德国空军喷气式飞机将泽伦斯基从罗马飞往德国首都，他周六在罗马会见了教皇弗朗西斯和意大利总理乔治·梅洛尼。
这是自入侵开始以来他首次访问柏林，就在一天前，德国政府宣布了对乌克兰的新一轮军事援助，价值超过27亿欧元(30亿美元)，包括坦克、防空系统和弹药。
Zelenskyy感谢Scholz的支持，称德国现在在向乌克兰提供援助方面仅次于美国，并开玩笑说他正在努力使其成为最大的捐助者。
“德国的防空系统、火炮、坦克和步兵战车正在拯救乌克兰人的生命，让我们更接近胜利。德国是可靠的盟友!我们一起让和平更近一步!”他在推特上写道。
朔尔茨说，柏林迄今已向基辅提供了约170亿欧元的双边援助，未来还会有更多援助。
在最初犹豫是否向乌克兰提供致命武器后，德国已经成为乌克兰最大的武器供应商之一，包括豹1和豹2主战坦克，以及先进的IRIS-T SLM防空系统。如果乌克兰想要在计划中的反攻中取得成功，现代西方硬件被认为是至关重要的。
在德国西部城市亚琛，泽伦斯基还获得了著名的国际查理曼奖，授予他和乌克兰人民。
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯·德·莱恩在贺词中把乌克兰战争比作30多年前铁幕的倒塌。
“每一代人都有挺身而出捍卫民主及其信仰的时刻，”她说。“对我们来说，这一时刻已经到来。”
泽伦斯基指责莫斯科试图让欧洲历史倒退。
他在获奖感言中说:“现代俄罗斯不仅对作为自由主权国家的我们发动了战争，也不仅对作为和平与繁荣全球象征的统一欧洲发动了战争。”。“这是俄罗斯为过去而战。”
在其他发展方面:
——泽伦斯基的首席助手安德烈·耶尔马克(Andriy Yermak)周日表示，一枚未爆炸的俄罗斯炮弹在乌克兰南部赫尔松地区爆炸，造成五名平民死亡。
——乌克兰军方称，俄罗斯昨晚用伊朗制造的Shahed爆炸无人机对乌克兰发动了“大规模”袭击，造成30多人受伤。军方表示，23架无人机中有18架被击落，但那些穿过的无人机以及被拦截的无人机残骸损坏了50栋公寓楼、私人住宅和其他建筑，但没有提供进一步的细节。
—俄罗斯还用火箭袭击了西部城市捷尔诺波尔和南部城市米科莱夫，炸伤人数不详的平民。
——乌克兰东北部哈尔科夫省的楚胡夫区州长Oleh Syniehubov在Telegram上报道，周日，俄罗斯军队在该地区的炮击导致一名59岁的妇女和一名65岁的男子死亡。
——俄罗斯国防部周日表示，乌克兰军队在巴赫穆特地区击毙了两名俄罗斯上校。
France pledges more military aid as Ukraine's Zelenskyy makes surprise Paris visit to meet Macron
PARIS --France pledged additional military aid forUkraineon Sunday, including light tanks, armored vehicles, training for soldiers and other assistance as the Ukrainians gear up for a counteroffensive against Russian forces, following surprise talks in Paris between the Ukrainian and French presidents.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy andFrance's Emmanuel Macron met for about three hours at the French presidential Elysee Palace — an encounter kept under wraps until shortly before the Ukrainian leader’s arrival in Paris from Germany on a French government jet, extending his multi-stop European tour.
With Ukraine planning to go on the offensive hoping to retake Russian-occupied territory, military aid was a top agenda item. Macron's office said France will supply dozens of light tanks and armored vehicles “in the weeks ahead," without giving specific numbers. Also promised were more air defense systems, but again details weren't made public.
More Ukrainians will also be made battle-ready, with France aiming to train about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers in France this year and nearly 4,000 others in Poland as part of a wider European effort, Macron's office said.
In a statement, France described its support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as “unwavering” and promised that its political, economic, humanitarian and military aid will continue “for as long as necessary.”
In a tweet on his arrival, Zelenskyy said: “With each visit, Ukraine’s defense and offensive capabilities are expanding. The ties with Europe are getting stronger, and the pressure on Russia is growing."
France has supplied Ukraine with an array of weaponry, include air defense systems, light tanks, howitzers and other arms and equipment and fuel.
France dispatched a plane to pick up Zelenskyy in Germany, where he met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier Sunday and discussed his country's planned counteroffensive. Zelenskyy said it will aim to liberate Russian-occupied areas within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders, and not attack Russian territory.
The Washington Post cited previously undisclosed documents from a trove of U.S. intelligence leaks suggesting that Zelenskyy has considered trying to capture areas in Russia proper for possible use as bargaining chips in peace negotiations to end the war launched by Moscow in February 2022. This would put him at odds with Western governments that have insisted that weapons they provide must not be used to attack targets in Russia.
Asked about the report, Zelenskyy said: “We don’t attack Russian territory, we liberate our own legitimate territory.”
“We have neither the time nor the strength (to attack Russia),” he said, according to an official interpreter. “And we also don’t have weapons to spare, with which we could do this.”
“We are preparing a counterattack for the illegally occupied areas based on our constitutionally defined legitimate borders, which are recognized internationally,” Zelenskyy said.
Among areas still occupied by Russia are the Crimean peninsula and parts of eastern Ukraine with mainly Russian-speaking populations.
A Luftwaffe jet flew Zelenskyy to the German capital from Rome, where he met Saturday with Pope Francis and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.
It was his first visit to Berlin since the start of the invasion and came a day after the German government announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine worth more than 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion), including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition.
Zelenskyy thanked Scholz for the support, saying Germany is now second only behind the United States in providing aid to Ukraine — and joked that he is working to make it the biggest donor.
“German air defense systems, artillery, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are saving Ukrainian lives and bringing us closer to victory. Germany is a reliable ally! Together we are bringing peace closer!” he wrote on Twitter.
Scholz said that Berlin has so far given Kyiv some 17 billion euros in bilateral aid and that it can expect more in future.
After initially hesitating to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons, Germany has become one of the biggest suppliers of arms to Ukraine, including Leopard 1 and 2 battle tanks, and the sophisticated IRIS-T SLM air defense system. Modern Western hardware is considered crucial if Ukraine is to succeed in its planned counteroffensive.
In the western German city of Aachen, Zelenskyy also received the prestigious International Charlemagne Prize, awarded to him and the people of Ukraine.
In her congratulatory speech, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen compared the war in Ukraine to the fall of the Iron Curtain more than 30 years ago.
“Every generation has its moment when it has to stand up to defend democracy and what it believes in,” she said. “For us, that moment has come.”
Zelenskyy accused Moscow of trying to turn back the clock of European history.
“Modern Russia waged war not just on us, as a free and sovereign state, not just against united Europe as a global symbol of peace and prosperity,” he said in his acceptance speech. “This is Russia’s war for the past.”
In other developments:
—Zelenskyy’s chief aide, Andriy Yermak, said Sunday that five civilians died in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region when an unexploded Russian shell blew up.
—Overnight, Russia launched a “massive” attack on Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed explosive drones, which wounded more than 30 people, according to the Ukrainian military. Eighteen of the 23 drones were shot down, but those that got through, and wreckage from those intercepted, damaged 50 apartment buildings, private homes and other buildings, the military said without providing further details.
—Russia also hit the western city of Ternopil and southern city of Mykolaiv with rockets, wounding an unspecified number of civilians.
—Shelling by Russian forces killed a 59-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man Sunday in the Chuhuiv district of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv province, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov reported on Telegram.
—Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that Ukrainian forces had killed two of its colonels in the Bakhmut area.
