Macron due to unveil proposals for a new voluntary military service to boost the country’s defences without having to return to regular conscription
In the last few minutes, the Russian foreign ministry has said it summoned Poland’s top diplomat to Moscow to let him know it would close the Polish consulate general in Irkutsk from 30 December.
The decision comes as a “retaliatory measure” after Poland’s closure of the Russian consulate in Gdańsk after a rail sabotage attack earlier this month, which Warsaw blamed on the Russian intelligence services, calling it an act of “state terrorism.”
