It was the two leaders’ first call since 2022, and the Russian president’s first with any major European leader since last year.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone for the first time in more than two and a half years. Following the more than two-hour conversation between the two,

Russian authorities said at least three people were killed as Ukraine claimed an attack on a military plant in the city of Izhevsk.

While repelling the attack, Ukraine lost its fourth F-16 fighter jet. Although details surrounding the loss remain undisclosed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posthumously bestowed the title of Hero of Ukraine on pilot Maksym Ustymenko,