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.

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,

The Kremlin warns Kyiv's use of such missiles would mark an escalation in the conflict, hours after Joe Biden gives the green light.