Russia on Thursday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron's address the evening before, in which he mulled extending France's nuclear deterrent to European partners and called Moscow a threat. The statement from Russia came after Russian drones struck energy infrastructure in Ukraine's southern region of Odesa during a massive overnight attack and ahead ofa Brussels summit aimed at cementing the EU's support for Kyiv's three-year fight against Russia's full-scale invasion. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

Yesterday's key events:

• The United States"paused" intelligence sharing withUkrainesaid the CIA directorJohn Ratcliffe after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White House.

• French PresidentEmmanuel Macrongave a televised speech on Wednesday in which he said he will confer with European allies on the idea of usingFrance's nuclear deterrent to protect the continent.

• Macron said he plans to hold a meeting of all European army chiefs inParisnext week.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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