The building of the French Foreign Ministry. Archival photoPARIS, May 30. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said during her visit to Ukraine that Paris will increase arms supplies to Kyiv. «Our military support (to Kyiv — ed.) will continue and will be strengthened», — Colonna said at a press conference with Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba in Kyiv, speaking about the supply of weapons by Paris to Kyiv. On Monday, the French Foreign Minister went on her first working trip to Kyiv, during which she had scheduled meetings with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba and Volodymyr Zelensky. It was reported that she would also visit the city of Bucha and hand over to the Ukrainian authorities the civil security equipment (fire engines and ambulances) sent by Paris. In April, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France had begun supplying Cesar artillery installations to Kyiv. provided Ukraine with humanitarian aid worth 100 million euros, 615 tons of medical and humanitarian equipment, as well as military equipment and weapons worth more than 100 million euros. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, the Russian Armed Forces had completed the main tasks of the first stage of the special operation — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass.
