President Emmanuel Macron has urged European leaders to reopen communication channels with Moscow. He argues geography makes Russia a permanent neighbor regardless of political tensions. France is signaling a strategic shift in Europe’s foreign policy approach. Paris says the continent cannot depend entirely on Washington for security and diplomacy.

A senior Russian military figure has been wounded in a targeted shooting on the outskirts of Moscow, triggering a high-level security investigation and intensifying fears of a growing internal threat to Russia’s military leadership. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, a senior GRU official and an EU-sanctioned figure, was hospitalized after an armed attack inside a residential complex along Volokolamsk Highway in Moscow’s northwestern district. Russian investigators have opened a criminal case for attempted murder as authorities search for the perpetrators behind what officials are calling a deliberate and coordinated ambush. WATCH