France signed a security pact with Ukraine on Friday, pledging more weapons and assistance to help the war-torn nation in its defence against Russia. “France will support Ukraine in the long term,” said President Emmanuel Macron after signing the agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Friday evening. This year, Ukraine will receive up to €3 billion ($3,2 billion) in military aid from France, following €1.7 billion in 2022 and €2.1 billion last year, in figures made public by Macron for the first time. “France is helping us a lot today,” Zelensky …