France will send armored personnel carriers to Ukraineannounced the Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu in an interview at Parisian-Today in Francebroadcast Monday, June 27, 2022 in the evening on the daily’s website.`
“To move quickly through areas under enemy fire, armies need armored vehicles”, he pointed out. France will therefore “deliver, in significant quantities, transport vehicles of this type, VAB (Armored Forward Vehicles), which are armed”he adds.
Sébastien Lecornu also confirmed the dispatch to Ukraine of six canons Caesar additional, flagship of the French artillery, beyond the twelve already deployed against the Russians.
However, he does not give any details on the date scheduled for the dispatch of this additional reinforcement which had been announced by the Head of State Emmanuel Macron on June 16 during his visit to kyiv.
What can you give about anti-ship missiles?
As for the delivery of anti-ship missiles, requested by kyiv for “to open breaches in this maritime blockade imposed by Russia and which deprives many countries of deliveries of cereals and raw materials”that “is one of the files examined”added the minister, without giving further details.
Since the start of the military offensive launched by Moscow in Ukraine on February 24, Paris has delivered to kyiv, beyond Caesar cannons, Milan anti-tank missiles and even Mistral anti-aircraft missiles.
In mid-April, Florence Parly, then Minister of the Armed Forces, had calculated more than one hundred million euros military equipment delivered by France to Ukraine.
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