French authorities have shut down a website falsely claiming to be recruiting French volunteers to fight in Ukraine.
The website purported to be organising a recruitment drive to enlist 200,000 French citizens, AFP reported
“The site is a fake government site and has been reposted by malicious accounts as part of a disinformation campaign,” the French defence ministry said.
Ukraine ‘resists’ bad news being published from the frontline, says top US official
A senior US diplomat has said Ukraine needs to be more open about sharing hard truths from the battlefield, according to a report.
The state department’s counter-disinformation chief, James Rubin, told Politico that giving reporters greater access to sensitive conflict zones would strengthen Ukraine’s campaign for aid from allies.
But Ukraine can sometimes “resist the kind of freedom of information that’s normal for us”, he said.
“Some days, war reporters report things that aren’t necessarily in the interest of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but in a democracy that we hope and increasingly see Ukraine becoming… they can understand that having war reporters cover the war, even if occasionally there’s bad news, is a far better life than the controlled environment that Russia has placed on all of its people.”
Poland scrambles fighter jets after Russia launches missile strikes on western Ukraine
Early this morning, Polish and allied aircraft were scrambled after Russia launched missile strikes on Ukraine, the Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said.
“Polish and allied aircraft are operating in Polish airspace, which may result in increased noise levels, especially in the southeastern part of the country,” it said on social media platform X.
The southeastern part of Poland borders Ukraine.
Poland also scrambled jets on 24 March during a missile and drone attack on western Ukraine to “ensure the safety of Polish airspace”.
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