France says Paris remains open to allowing Ukraine to use French long-range missiles to strike military targets inside Russia, after the United States cleared Kyiv to use American missiles for the same purpose.

The UK and France allowed Ukraine to use the long-range missiles it had received to attack Russian territory. However, the restrictions were not completely lifted, according to a high-ranking source of RBC-Ukraine in the military-political circle.

France commented on its readiness to grant Ukraine permission for long-range strikes deep into Russian territory. Source: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot before the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels,