PARIS, March 12 France will supply Ukraine with additional supplies in the coming months weapons and ammunition, including six Caesar howitzers, said French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
“In the next month, we will supply Ukraine with 150 drones, 100 guided missiles, and six Caesar howitzers. Another 12 others will be financed by France,” Attal said, speaking before the French National Assembly. The broadcast was conducted on the official website of the government agency. He said that since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, France has provided Kyiv with military assistance, including arms supplies, amounting to 3.8 billion euros.
Attal called on deputies to vote to support the bilateral agreement between Paris and Kiev, signed in February. According to him, it proves that France is “a reliable military partner for Ukraine.”
The French Parliament is holding a debate on Tuesday for the first time on the issue of support for Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron's resonant statements about the “lack of limits and red lines” in support for Kyiv, which sparked criticism from the opposition. On Tuesday the debate will take place in the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, and on Wednesday in the Senate.
At the beginning of 2024, Macron announced the supply of additional Scalp cruise missiles to Kyiv. Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu then announced that France would increase supplies of ammunition and begin sending 3 thousand 155-caliber shells to Kyiv.
At the end of February, the French leader organized a conference in Paris on assistance to Ukraine, in which almost all EU countries participated. After it, Macron announced that the EU had agreed to create a “ninth coalition for deep strikes” — supplying Ukraine with medium- and long-range missiles. He also said that the leaders of Western countries have discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, a consensus has not yet been reached, “but nothing can be ruled out.”
In February, France signed a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine for a period of 10 years, which, among other things, implies the allocation of 3 billion euros of military assistance to Kyiv in 2024.