"We have to do more for Ukraine, for our own security too. The stronger Ukraine is on the battlefield today, the stronger they will be around the negotiation table, when russia finally is ready to talk," she said

The issue is complicated by Renault’s diverse workforce, which includes a significant number of foreign nationals, among them russian citizens. According to the union, the first drone production facilities are expected to be set up in Slovenia, with later expansion in France.

Renault’s management has not yet made a final decision on the Defense Ministry’s proposal.

Hungary will not agree to the opening of the first cluster of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

The review process also applies to Britain’s Storm Shadow cruise missile because it depends on US targeting data, according to two US officials and a British official, the Journal said.

A flurry of diplomacy has changed little on the ground for Ukrainians. Now the EU wants to go beyond tried-and-tested methods of sanctioning Russia and sending arms to Kyiv.