France will send “a considerable amount” armored personnel carriers in Ukraine, French Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu announced in an interview published on Monday evening, June 27. “Armies need armored vehicles to move quickly through areas under enemy fire”in the interview he emphasizes Parisian – Today in France and posted on the website of the daily newspaper. France will therefore “supply a significant number of vehicles of this type, VAB (Véhicules de l’avant armoré), which are armed.”he adds.
Sebastien Lecornu also confirmed sending six additional Caesar guns, the flagship of French artillery, to Ukraine, in addition to the twelve already deployed against the Russians. However, he did not give any details about the timing of the deployment of this additional reinforcement, which was announced by the head of state, Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to Kiev on June 16. What about the supply of anti-ship missiles requested by Kiev? “to open breaches in this naval blockade which has been imposed by Russia and which is depriving many countries of their supplies of grain and raw materials.”that “is part of scanned files”adds the minister without elaborating.
Since the start of Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine on February 24, Paris has supplied Kiev with outside Caesar cannons, Milan anti-tank missiles and even Mistral anti-aircraft missiles. In mid-April, Florence Parley, then Minister of the Armed Forces, estimated the military equipment supplied by France to Ukraine at over one hundred million euros.
Source: Le Figaro
