New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday ordered his government to prepare a plan to protect the country's critical infrastructure and sensitive defence and technology sites from what he described as an intensifying Russian "hybrid threat".

Speaking after a meeting with French political leaders in Paris, Macron said the threat to France and other European countries had increased in recent weeks. He said the measures would focus in particular on protection against drone and cyberattacks.

Macron also said France would continue supporting Ukraine despite the Russian threats, adding that such attacks were intended to intimidate European countries and disrupt their backing for Kyiv.

"This will not go unanswered," Ma...