France and Russia are now directly at war in Ukraine

Editor's note: It was first reported the Russian missile strike on a building in Kharkiv killed 60 and injured 20 others including French mercenaries. It is now being reported the Russian missile strike on the hotel in Kharkiv killed and wounded regular French soldiers. 

Russia called the French ambassador for an explanation: The dead French in Kharkiv were members of the regular French Army - They were not mercenaries

These Are France's 'Hammer' Rocket-Assisted Bombs Ukraine's Getting

News update on French soldiers killed in Ukraine for 21 January 2023:

The names of French mercenaries fighting on the side of Ukraine have appeared in the mass media

France's Macron denies there are French mercenaries fighting in Ukraine:

Paris dismisses Russian claim of French 'mercenaries' in Ukraine