France promises more tanks, armoured vehicles for Ukraine
1 year, 7 months ago

France promises more tanks, armoured vehicles for Ukraine

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Promise comes after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise visit to Paris after securing $3bn in military aid from Germany. The announcement came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew into France late on Sunday to join French President Emmanuel Macron for a working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris. “In the coming weeks, France will train and equip several battalions with tens of armoured vehicles and light tanks including AMX-10RC,” the two leaders said in a joint statement on Monday after some three hours of talks. Paris would also focus its efforts “in supporting Ukraine’s air defence capacities in order to defend its population against Russian strikes”. “Ukraine and France agree on the need to increase collective pressure on Russia through further sanctions to weaken Russia’s ability to continue its illegal war of aggression.” The visit to Paris was part of Zelenskyy’s whirlwind weekend tour of several key European allies to drum up military and financial support ahead of an expected major Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces.

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