Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday is set to address the French parliament. His speech comes a day after world leaders marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, and after French President Emmanuel Macron announced his country would provide Ukraine with an unspecified number of Mirage-2000 fighter jets. Macron also said France would train Ukrainian pilots as part of new military cooperation with Kyiv. Watch Zelensky’s address and follow our live coverage of his visit to the Paris region.
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