France, July 21 -- France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Ukraine on Monday for a fact-finding tour and meetings with the country's top politicians just days after the European Union adopted a new package of sanctions on Russia over its war with Ukraine.

Barrot reached Kyiv a few hours aftera barrage of drones and missiles hit the capital killing at least one person and causing several fires around the city, officials said.

"I will participate in the ambassadors' conference and reaffirm, on behalf of France, our unwavering support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and freedom of the Ukrainian people," Barrot said on social media.

Barrot is expected to meet his counterpart Andriy Sybiga, the Ukrainian President ...